Key Information

Photographer

Lt Col R. S. Kennedy? Willoughby Patrick Rosemeyer?

Collection

Sir Charles Bell

Date of Photo

1920-1921 or 1922?

Region

Gyantse Region > Karo La

Accession number

1998.286.16.1

Karo La, between Gyantse and Lhasa. Landscape view with mountains in the background and stone wall structures in foreground; a rope with prayer flags hanging from it is visible on the left

Further Information

Photographic Process

Negative Quarter Plate , Copy Negative

Date Acquired

Donated 1983

Donated by

St Antony's College, Oxford

Copy difference

Copy Neg Lantern

Expedition

Sir Charles Bell

Revised Photographer

Rosemeyer?

Previous Catologue Number

Q.273-16

Previous Pitt Rivers Museum Number

BL.Q.273-16

Related Collections

British Library, Oriental and India Office Collections

Manual Catalogues -

Manual Catalogues - Bell's List of Illustrations entry: "[No. of chapter] III. [Subject of Chapter] Mountains, rivers, lakes, climate, rainfall, and trade routes [Subject of Illustration] Q.273-16 (bc). Karo-La, between Gyantse and Lhasa."

Other Information - Photographer: This image may have been taken by W.P. Rosemeyer, or another photographer, such as Lt Col Robert Kennedy, who used P-sized [Postcard sized] negatives [MS 16/8/2004]

Other Information - Setting

Other Information - Setting: Bell travelled on this route in 1920-21 on his way to and from Lhasa [MS 21/9/2004]

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "Karo La between Gyantse and Lhasa" 05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_1998.286.16.1.html>.

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