Cavalry soldier on horse

Cavalry soldier on horse

1998.285.74.1 (Glass negative)

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Key Information

Photographer

Rabden Lepcha?

Collection

Sir Charles Bell

Date of Photo

February 6th 1921?

Region

Lhasa >

Accession number

1998.285.74.1

Image Dimensions

120 x 163 mm

Cavalry soldier on horse in old style uniform.

Further Information

Activity

Riding

Photographic Process

Negative glass plate gelatin , Negative Half Plate

Date Acquired

Donated 1983

Donated by

St Antony's College, Oxford.

Copy difference

Lantern

Expedition

Sir Charles Bell's Mission to Lhasa 1920-21

Photo also owned by

Royal Central Asiatic Society

Revised Photographer

Rabden Lepcha?

Previous Catologue Number

H.67

Previous Pitt Rivers Museum Number

BL.H.67

Related Collections

British Library, Oriental and India Office Collections

Published

'Tibet Past & Present', Sir Charles Bell, Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1924 [view list of illustrations]

Manual Catalogues -

Manual Catalogues - Bell's List of Illustrations entry: "[No. of chapter] IV. [Subject of Chapter] History up to 1900. [Subject of illustration] H67 (v) An old time cavalry man. Diary IX, 24. [Remarks] L.35 (D.L.) [lantern slide 35]"

Other Information - Related Images


Other Information - Related Images: This photograph appears to have been taken in the same setting as 1998.285.69 & 1998.285.70 "H.64 (r) Foot soldier, old style."

Contemporary Publication -


Contemporary Publication - Published in 'Tibet Past & Present', Bell, C. A., Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1924, facing p.29:"A mounted soldier, old style"

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "Cavalry soldier on horse " 05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_1998.285.74.1.html>.

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