Lama Collection

Group of lamas, Buddhist spiritual leaders, from a fascinating album which reveals new details on a little-known campaign in which a British military force brushed aside Tibetan defences to capture

Tashi Lama and Mr Gould, from a fascinating album which reveals new details on a little-known campaign in which a British military force brushed aside Tibetan defences to capture Lhasa, in 1904

Group photo of Tashi Lama and polo players, from a fascinating album which reveals new details on a little-known campaign in which a British military force brushed aside Tibetan defences to capture

Group photo, Tashi Lama with four men in western clothes, from a fascinating album which reveals new details on a little-known campaign in which a British military force brushed aside Tibetan

The Dalai Lama's House at Kalimpong, India, from a fascinating album which reveals new details on a little-known campaign in which a British military force brushed aside Tibetan defences to

Chassa Goombah (Chatsa Gompa), station of the Lama of Phari, from a fascinating album which reveals new details on a little-known campaign in which a British military force brushed aside Tibetan

Man on a pony holding a polo mallet, from a fascinating album which reveals new details on a little-known campaign in which a British military force brushed aside Tibetan defences to capture Lhasa

Holy Lama, Tibet - Buddhism Date: 1925

Reincarnation: Dalai Lama reborn 1934
When the Dalai Lama dies, a baby boy born at precisely the same moment is recognised by church leaders at Lhasa, Tibet, as his reincarnation. 1934

Tibetan Lama, photographed in northern India
Vintage 19th century photograph: Tibetan Lama, photographed in northern India. Lama is a title for a teacher of the Dharma in Tibetan Buddhism

Dalai Lama addressing a huge crowd in Tibet, 1956
Where insurrection and deep anti-Chinese unrest are reported: Tibet - a photograph showing the Dalai Lama addressing a huge religious gathering at the Jokhang Temple in the capital, Lhasa. Date: 1956

Historical views of Further India (Southeast Asia)
Historical views of Further India (Thailand and Myanmar). Liar having his mouth sewn shut in Siam (Thailand) 43, stilthouses in the jungles of Siam 44

The First Lamas to visit Europe
The first Lamas (Tibetan priests) to visit Europe, persuaded by filmographer of the 1922 Everest Expedition, Captain Noel

Gyeung, mother of the new Teshoo Lama or Panchen Lama, Palden Tenpai Nyima. Illustration by Lieutenant Samuel Davis from Captain Samuel Turners Account of an Embassy to the Court of the Teshoo Lama

Dwelling of Tessaling Lama with the religious edifice called Kugopea. Illustration by Lieutenant Samuel Davis from Captain Samuel Turners Account of an Embassy to the Court of the Teshoo Lama in

Mausoleum of Teshoo Lama or Panchen Lama, Lobsang Palden Yeshe. Illustration by Lieutenant Samuel Davis from Captain Samuel Turners Account of an Embassy to the Court of the Teshoo Lama in Tibet

Shamarpa, Regent of TIbet, brother of the Panchen Lama, Lobsang Palden Yeshe. Illustration by Lieutenant Samuel Davis from Captain Samuel Turners Account of an Embassy to the Court of the Teshoo Lama

Residence of the Lam Ghassatoo, Bhutan. Illustration by Lieutenant Samuel Davis from Captain Samuel Turners Account of an Embassy to the Court of the Teshoo Lama in Tibet, 1800

Long-horned whidaw goat, Capra aegagrus, and llama, Lama glama (Glama camel, Camelus lama). Handcoloured copperplate engraving after Sydenham Edwards from John Mason Goods Pantologia

Alpaca, Vicugna pacos. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Rene Primevere Lessons Complements de Buffon, Pourrat Freres, Paris, 1838

Llama, alpaca, and vicuna
Llama, Lama glama, alpaca, Vicugna pacos, and vicuna, Vicugna vicugna. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Migliavacca from Giulio Ferrrarios Costumes Antique and Modern of All Peoples

Grand Lama and Tao-Tse. Tartar Buddhist monk in yellow satin robe, and Taoist monk in yellow and blue robes. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Freschi after Antoine Cardon

Grand Lama and Lama of the eight Tartar Banners. Tartar Buddhist monks in yellow satin robes and hats. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Freschi after Antoine Cardon

Tower building with evangelical message, North America
A tower building with a forceful evangelical message, somewhere in North America -- Prepare To Meet Thy God! Date: circa 1930

Procession of Lama Priests in Kyoto, Japan
Procession of Buddhist Lama Priests through the streets of Kyoto, Japan. Date: 1911

Group of lamas dancing, Bhutan, South Asia
Group of Buddhist lamas (monks) doing a religious dance at a castle in Bhutan, South Asia. They are wearing papier mache masks representing the heads of animals or devils

GOLDEN TEMPLE OF JEHOL
This replica of the Golden Temple of Jehol, China, the Chinese Lama temple, was the gift of millionaire industrialist Vincent Bendix to the 1933 World Fair Exhibition, USA. Date: 1933

Chicago Worlds Fair - Chinese Lama Temple Date: 1933

Rebec, a string instrument. Made by Ignacio Gleta and J. M. Lama񡠨 1945), Barcelona. SPAIN. CATALONIA. Barcelona. Museum of Music

Tartars of Kohonor, China -- Lama or Priest (left), man and woman (centre), taken from Johann Grueber, an Austrian Jesuit missionary and astronomer who visited China and Tibet in the 1650s

European depiction of people from Lhasa, Tibet, taken from Johann Grueber, an Austrian Jesuit missionary and astronomer who visited China and Tibet in the 1650s. circa 1750

Grand Lama consulted on the fate of a child, Tibet, taken from Johann Grueber, an Austrian Jesuit missionary and astronomer who visited China and Tibet in the 1650s. circa 1750

Tibet - A High Lama Standard Bearer Date: 1907

Lamas flight project
The project of Francesco de Lama, an Italian Jesuit from Brescia, based on sound aeronautical principles though his calculations were somewhat at fault. Date: 1670

The llama, South American camelid, Lama glama.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from The Naturalists Pocket Magazine; or

Guanaco, a species of camel native to the New World, Lama guanicoe.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from The Naturalists Pocket Magazine; or

Llama, Lama glama, and dromedary camel, Camelus dromedarius.. Handcolored copperplate stipple engraving from Frederic Cuviers Dictionary of Natural Science: Mammals, Paris, France, 1816

Funeral ceremony of a top Lama in Tibetan Buddhism.. Handcolored lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsches Complete Gallery of Peoples in True Pictures, Meissen, circa 1835-1840

Bhutanese Lamas, India
Four Bhutanese Lamas with musical instruments, India. Date: circa 1890s

Bhutanese Lama, Darjeeling, India. Date: circa 1890s

Buddhist Tibetan Lama holding a prayer wheel. Date: circa 1910s

China - Lama Temple of Confucius in Beijing - exterior. Date: circa 1906

The Yonghe Temple (Lama Temple) - Beijing, China
The Yonghe Temple, also known as the Yonghe Lamasery, or popularly the Lama Temple, is a temple and monastery of the Geluk School of Tibetan Buddhism located in the Dongcheng District of Beijing

Lamas perform Divinity Dance, Darjeeling, West Bengal, India
Tibetan Buddhist Lamas perform a Divinity Dance, Darjeeling, West Bengal, India Date: circa 1910s

Ghum Monastery, West Bengal, India
Ghum Monastery (Ghoom Monastery) is the popular name of Yiga Choeling Monastery located at Ghum in the state of West Bengal, India. Date: circa 1910s

1922 British Mt Everest Expedition - Rongbuk Monastery
1922 British Mount Everest Expedition - Rongbuk Monastery (12 miles from Everest, just about visible in the distance). The Rongbuk Monastery was the home of the Panchen Lama. Date: 1922

Macrauchenia patachonica and Auchenia llama

The Chief Lama of Tashi Lumpo
Thubten Choekyi Nyima (1883-1937), The 9th Panchen Lama - The Chief Lama of Tashi Lhunpo. The Panchen Lama is the highest ranking Lama after the Dalai Lama in the Gelugpa (Dge-lugs-pa)

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