Key Information

Photographer

Hugh E. Richardson

Collection

Hugh Richardson

Date of Photo

1936-40

Named Person

Reting Rinpoche

Region

Lhasa > Dekyi Lingka

Accession number

BMR.6.8.49

Image Dimensions

60 x 90 mm

Reting Regent, Thubten Jamphel Yeshe Gyaltsen, seated in a chair and holding a puppy. There is another dog at his feet. The photograph is taken in the garden of Dekyi Lingka. The chair he is sitting on has been placed on a carpet on the grass.

Further Information

Photographic Process

Transparency Colour

Expedition

Hugh E. Richardson

Other Information

Technical Information - The camera used to take this collection of colour slides (Dufay colour) were a Zeiss Super Ikonta and a Reflex Korelle. [KC 09/10/2006]

Manual Catalogues -

Manual Catalogues - Typewritten handlist entitled 'Hugh Richardson Collection, The British Museum. Photographs taken between 1936-50. Cameras: Zeiss Super Ikonta, Reflex Korelle. 300 colour slides (Dufay colour); copies made Jan. 1995.
[no.] 49. The Reting Regent (ruled 1934-41) died in prison in 1947 after a conspiracy against his successor. This photo was taken between 1936-40.' [KC 10/10/2006]

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "Reting Regent with dogs at Dekyi Lingka" 05 Dec. 2006. The British Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_BMR.6.8.49.html>.

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