Jigme Taring in ceremonial winter uniform
1999.23.2.54 (Print black & white)
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Key Information
Photographer
H. Staunton ?
Collection
Harry Staunton
Date of Photo
1940 - 1941
Named Person
Region
Lhasa >
Accession number
1999.23.2.54
Image Dimensions
67 x 111 mm
Further Information
Photographic Process
Print gelatin silver
Date Acquired
Donated 1999
Donated by
Diana Hughes
Expedition
H. Staunton
Photo also owned by
Diana Hughes
Other Information
Notes on print/mount - On the reverse of the print the "Velox" is stamped in black ink and the number 611 in red. [KC 31/10/2005]
Manual Catalogues -
Manual Catalogues - [Hugh Richardson in conversation with Roger Croston, detailed in H. Staunton undated Related Documents File, PRM Manuscript Collections] "Jigme Taring. Husband of Mary La Dolma who wrote "Tibet Is My Country". [KC 31/10/2005]
Biographical Information - [Note that detailed information will be found on the related file named Biographies, see button at top of database] He was scion of the princely Taring family. He was educated at St. Paul's school, Darjeeling and was fluent in English. He became second-in-command of the new army regiment and when it was disbanded in 1934, he became a treasurer of the government of Tibet. He married Rinchen Dolma (Mary). [KC 3/11/2005]
Other Information - Dates
Other Information - Dates: Staunton was certainly in Lhasa for the Tibetan New Year in 1940 and possibly in 1941. This image is part of a group of 17 photographs taken over a two-day period (the 23rd and 24th of the first Tibetan month) which have the number 611 stamped in red on the back. [KC 31/10/2005]
For Citation use:
The Tibet Album.
"Jigme Taring in ceremonial winter uniform"
05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum.
<http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_1999.23.2.54.html>.
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