Key Information

Photographer

Hugh E. Richardson

Collection

Hugh Richardson

Date of Photo

1948 - 1950

Named Person

Major Bista, Reginald Fox, Captain Tsoko, Ditta Sahib

Region

Lhasa

Accession number

2001.59.7.79.1

Image Dimensions

55 x 57 mm

The Nepalese Representative in Lhasa, Major Bista, seated in a rattan chair with three men standing behind him (from left to right), Reginald Fox (in Tibetan dress), Tsoko (a Tibetan official) and Ditta Sahib, in a three-piece suit. The photograph is taken inside the room of a domestic building. There is a framed photograph on the wall above Fox's head and a bag hanging on the wall on the right.

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 - '7' 'PEOPLE'

Manual Catalogues -

Manual Catalogues - Notes on negative index - Folio 79. 'Gorkha Pompo'

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "Major Bista, Fox, Tsoko and Ditta " 05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_2001.59.7.79.1.html>.

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