Key Information

Photographer

Hugh E. Richardson

Collection

Hugh Richardson

Date of Photo

1936-50

Region

Shigatse

Accession number

BMR.6.8.91

Image Dimensions

60 x 90 mm

Settlement of Shigatse, Shigatse dzong and Tashilhunpo monastery. Cultivated fields in the foreground.

Further Information

Photographic Process

Transparency Colour

Expedition

Hugh E. Richardson

Flipped Negative

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Other Information

Technical Information - The camera 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.] 91. Distant view of Shigatse.' [KC 10/10/2006]

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "Shigatse, Shigatse dzong and Tashilhunpo monastery" 05 Dec. 2006. The British Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_BMR.6.8.91.html>.

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Shigatse, Shigatse dzong and Tashilhunpo monastery