2001.59.1.73.1 (Film negative)
Raw Image
Hugh E. Richardson
Hugh Richardson
March 14th 1939
Lhasa > Jokhang (main entrance from Doring house)
2001.59.1.73.1
58 x 55 mm
Ritual Activity , Worshipping
Negative film nitrate
Donated August 2001
The executors of the estate of Hugh E. Richardson
Hugh E. Richardson
Manual Catalogues - Notes on negative album - '1' 'Chipsha: Dzonggyab [rdzong rgyab]: Torgyap [gtor rgyag] ----- [illegible]' is written in white in Richardson's hand. Notes inside negative album: white label with Richardson's name and address in St. Andrews. [KC 8/7/2006]
Manual Catalogues - Notes on negative index - Folio 73. 'do' [KHRI RINPOCHE LEAVES] [KC 17/7/2006]
Manual Catalogues - Richardson's Hand List: Negative album No.1 nos. 72-3. 'Th Khri Rin-po-che of Dga' ldan leaves at the end of the ceremony'. [KC 26/7/2006]
Other Information - Background: See Hugh E. Richardson, Ceremonies of the Lhasa Year , 1993. London: Serindia Publications. pp. 46-7. "When the procession from the Jokhang has left it is followed by shortly by the Ganden Tri Rinpoche who comes out of the Jokhang wearing robes of maroon and a yellow, peaked, monastic hat with a tasselled eyeshade. He is preceded by a file of monks with sticks of incense and followed by a large retinue of yellow hatted Geshes with shawls each carrying a maroon blanket in front of him. A yellow state umbrella is carried behind the Tri Rinpoche". [KC 26/7/2006]
Other Information - The Tri Rinpoche ( 'khri rin po che ) also known as Ganden Tripa ( dga' ldan khri pa ) meaning 'Throne holder of the Ganden Monastery', is the highest authority in Gulugpa (dge lugs pa) school of Tibetan Buddhism. [TS 9/2/2005]
Technical Information - This image seems to have been taken with a Zeiss Super Ikonta C camera. This was a 6x9 format camera but came with a film plane mask that enabled 6x4.5 images to be taken. This enabled 16 images to be taken on a roll of 120 film as opposed to 8 without the mask [MS 6/10/2005]
Other Information - Dates: In a letter to his parents dated November 6th 1936, Hugh Richardson commented that he was investigating buying a new Zeiss Super Ikonta camera [Hugh Richardson Manuscript Archive, Bodleian Library, MS. Or. Richardson 3 folio 46]. On March 29th 1937 he comments in a further letter to his parents that it would probaby be better to use the larger image frame [MS Or Richardson 3 folio 82]. This has assisted the dating of this image to 1937 [MS 6/10/2005]
For Citation use:
The Tibet Album.
"Abbot of Ganden outside Jokhang"
05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum.
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