Roof of Potala showing tombs of Dalai Lamas

Roof of Potala showing tombs of Dalai Lamas

1998.131.312 (Film negative)

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Key Information

Photographer

Frederick Spencer Chapman

Collection

Frederick Spencer Chapman

Date of Photo

November 22nd 1936

Region

Lhasa > Potala > Tombs of Dalai Lamas >

Accession number

1998.131.312

Image Dimensions

85 x 111 mm

Roof of the Potala Palace, golden pagoda roofs of the tombs of past Dalai Lamas. Paintings on tomb wall visible

Further Information

Photographic Process

Negative film nitrate

Date Acquired

Donated 1994

Donated by

Faith Spencer Chapman

Expedition

British Diplomatic Mission to Lhasa 1936-37

Photo also owned by

Frederick Spencer Chapman

Previous Catologue Number

C.18.16 [view film roll]

Previous Pitt Rivers Museum Number

SC.T.2.312

Other Information

In Negative - The number '16' has been scratched into the negative in the bottom right hand corner [MS 11/4/2005]

Technical Information - This image was probably taken with a quarter plate Zeiss Nixe film or film pack camera as the negative is quarter-plate sized. See Chapman
Lhasa The Holy City, [London: Chatto & Windus, 1938] for a description of the still and cine cameras that Chapman used as Mission photographer [MS 25/2/2005]

Manual Catalogues -


Manual Catalogues - Caption in Chapman's hand-written list of negatives made whilst on the Mission to Lhasa, 1936-7 [See PRM Manuscripts Collection]: 'Tombs of D.L.’s L. to R.' [MS 18/03/2006]

Other Information - Related Images


Other Information - Related Images: Images 1998.131.311, 312, 313 & 314 form a panorama of the roof [MS 18/03/2006]

Other Information - Related Images


Other Information - Related Images: Images prefixed with 'C.18' comprise a group of negatives containing images of the mission personnel, the Dalai Lamas’ tombs and Potala. They were all taken on November 22nd on the day of the second official visit of the Mission party to the Potala. [MS 18/03/2006]

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "Roof of Potala showing tombs of Dalai Lamas" 05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_1998.131.312.html>.

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