Key Information

Photographer

Hugh E. Richardson

Collection

Hugh Richardson

Date of Photo

1936 -50

Named Person

Kongtrul Rinpoche

Region

Lhasa > Dekyi Lingka

Accession number

2001.59.7.1.1

Image Dimensions

55 x 57 mm

The third Jamgon Kongtrul Rinpoche (kong 'sprul rim po che) Khyentse Ozer (mkhyen brtse 'od zer) seated on a chair in the garden of Dekyi Lingka, the British mission house. He is wearing a silk brocade jacket, monks robes and felt boots. The chair he is sitting on is on a carpet and there is another carpet in front of him. Immediately behind him there is a wooden frame and behind that part of the mission house may be seen.

Further Information

Photographic Process

Negative film nitrate

Date Acquired

Donated August 2001

Donated by

The executors of the estate of Hugh E. Richardson

Expedition

Hugh E. Richardson

Manual Catalogues -

Manual Catalogues - Notes on negative album cover- '7' 'PEOPLE'

Manual Catalogues -

Manual Catalogues - Notes on negative index - Folio. 1 'Trungyig chenpo' [?sic]'

Other Information - Related image: 2001.59.7.87.1 where Kongtrul Rinpoche, wearing glasses, may be seen in a group with several other monks. Also, 2001.59.7.31.1 may be another photograph of him at a later date. [KC 28/6/2006]

Other Information - Biography: 'This is Mindroling Chung Rimpoche.' [TT in conversation with KC] [KC 9/6/2006]

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "Kongtrul Rinpoche at Dekyi Lingka" 05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_2001.59.7.1.1.html>.

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