Key Information

Photographer

H. Staunton ?

Collection

Harry Staunton

Date of Photo

1940 - 1941

Named Person

Reginald Fox

Region

Lhasa > Dekyi Lingka

Accession number

1999.23.1.11.2

Image Dimensions

117 x 89 mm

Reginald Fox standing on some stepping stones across a stream. He is wearing a tweed jacket, shirt and tie and a Fairisle jumper. There is a building in the centre distance that may be the Dekyi Lingka Mission house.

Further Information

Photographic Process

Print gelatin silver

Date Acquired

Donated 1999

Donated by

Diana Hughes

Expedition

H. Staunton

Photo also owned by

Diana Hughes

Other Information

Notes on album mount - "Foxy" is written in pencil in capital letters underneath the photograph in the album. [KC 14/12/2005]

Other Information - People

Other Information - People: Alex McKay writes about Reginald Fox in Tibet and the British Raj , 1997, Richmond: Curzon Press, p. 203 - 4, "Reginald Fox served as Lhasa mission Radio Officer from March 1947 until 1950 and ... died soon after retiring. While he and his Tibetan wife were frequently mentioned by travellers, there is also no trace of him in surviving official records." [KC 13/12/2005]

Other Information - Album: This image appears in Staunton's personal album on a page (1999.23.1.11) with three other images. [KC 9/12/2005]

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "Reginald Fox on stepping stones" 05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_1999.23.1.11.2.html>.

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Reginald Fox on stepping stones