Key Information

Photographer

Hugh E. Richardson

Collection

Hugh Richardson

Date of Photo

1936-50

Named Person

Reting Rinpoche

Region

Lhasa

Accession number

BMR.6.8.278

Image Dimensions

60 x 90 mm

Reting Rinpoche, Thupten Jamphel Yeshi Gyaltsen, the Regent of Tibet, sitting behind a table with a flowerpots on either side. There is a tea cup on the table in front of him.

Further Information

Photographic Process

Transparency Colour

Expedition

Hugh E. Richardson

Other Information

Technical Information - The cameras 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.] 278. Reting Regent.' [KC 11/10/2006]

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "Reting Regent sitting behind a table" 05 Dec. 2006. The British Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_BMR.6.8.278.html>.

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Reting Regent sitting behind a table