Potala from the roof of Lhasa Arsenal

Potala from the roof of Lhasa Arsenal

1998.286.32 (Glass negative)

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Key Information

Photographer

Sir Charles Bell or Rabden Lepcha?

Collection

Sir Charles Bell

Date of Photo

1920-1921

Region

Lhasa > Potala (from Arsenal)

Accession number

1998.286.32

Image Dimensions

103 x 78

The Potala photographed from from the roof of Lhasa Arsenal

Further Information

Photographic Process

Negative Quarter Plate

Date Acquired

Donated 1983

Donated by

St Antony's College, Oxford

Copy difference

Intensifier Notches on right side

Expedition

Sir Charles Bell's Mission to Lhasa 1920-21

Previous Catologue Number

Q.28

Previous Pitt Rivers Museum Number

BL.Q.28

Related Collections

British Library, Oriental and India Office Collections

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "Potala from the roof of Lhasa Arsenal" 05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_1998.286.32.html>.

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