Group of monks from Nechung monastery

Group of monks from Nechung monastery

BMR.6.8.56 (Transparency colour)

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Key Information

Photographer

Hugh E. Richardson

Collection

Hugh Richardson

Date of Photo

1936-50

Named Person

Lobsang Jigme

Region

Lhasa

Accession number

BMR.6.8.56

Image Dimensions

60 x 90 mm

A group of monks from Nechung monastery. The second monk on the left (seated) with a dog on his lap [when flipped] is Lobsang Jigme who succeeded Lobsang Namgyal as the Nechung oracle in 1945. The group includes monks of the Kagyu sect.

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Photographic Process

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Expedition

Hugh E. Richardson

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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.] 56. Monks of Nechung Monastery. The second from left, sitting on the ground with a dog, became the successor to the Oracle, who was Hugh Richardson's friend. The successor went eventually to Dharamsala in India.' [KC 10/10/2006]

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "Group of monks from Nechung monastery" 05 Dec. 2006. The British Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_BMR.6.8.56.html>.

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