Reting Rinpoche

Reting Rinpoche

1998.131.518.1 (Print black & white)

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Key Information

Photographer

Frederick Spencer Chapman

Collection

Frederick Spencer Chapman

Date of Photo

January 27th 1937

Named Person

Reting Rinpoche

Region

Lhasa > Shide Drokhang

Accession number

1998.131.518.1

Image Dimensions

106 x 81

The Regent of Tibet in a 1/2 length close-up portrait, probably taken outside the summer house, Shide Drokhang, on the occasion of a cinema presentation for the Regent put on by the Mission staff

Further Information

Photographic Process

Print gelatin silver

Date Acquired

Donated 1994

Donated by

Mrs Faith Spencer Chapman

Expedition

British Diplomatic Mission to Lhasa 1936-37

Photo also owned by

Frederick Spencer Chapman

Previous Catologue Number

2.15 [view film roll]

Previous Pitt Rivers Museum Number

SC.T.2.518

This Image also appears in another collection

1998.131.519.1 1998.131.519.2

Other Information

Notes on print/mount - '2-15' has been written on the back of the print in pencil, as has the reference 'S.C. Chapman Alb. II' [MS 01/04/2006]

Technical Information - This image is an enlargement made from 1998.131.519 [MS 01/04/2006]

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]: 'Regent close-up'; PRM Manuscripts Collection: ‘List of Tibetan Prints and Negatives’ - Book 2: ‘27/1 - The young Regent of Tibet’ [MS 01/04/2006]

Other Information - Related Images


Other Information - Related Images: Images prefixed with '2' comprise a group of negatives including Kampa people, Kinchung, a shuttle cock game and images of the Regent’s palace. They seem all to have been taken between January 15th - 27th 1937, with photographs of the Regent being taken on January 27th when the Mission was invited to put on another performance of their cine film for the Regent in Shide Drokhang [MS 01/04/2006]

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "Reting Rinpoche" 05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_1998.131.518.1.html>.

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