The 14th Dalai Lama Tenzing Gyatso as a child in Amdo

The 14th Dalai Lama Tenzing Gyatso as a child in Amdo

1999.23.1.14.3 (Album Print black & white)

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Key Information

Photographer

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Collection

Harry Staunton

Date of Photo

1939

Named Person

14th Dalai Lama

Region

Amdo

Accession number

1999.23.1.14.3

Image Dimensions

77 x 104 mm

The Fourteenth Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, as a young boy sitting on a bent wood chair. He is wearing a hat with turned up ear flaps, a Tibetan robe and holding a sheet of paper in his hand. This photograph was taken at the time of his identification as the Dalai Lama in Amdo by an unknown Chinese photographer.

Further Information

Photographic Process

Print gelatin silver

Date Acquired

Donated 1999

Donated by

Diana Hughes

Expedition

H. Staunton

Photo also owned by

Diana Hughes

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "The 14th Dalai Lama Tenzing Gyatso as a child in Amdo" 05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum. Accessed 13 Feb. 2012 <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_1999.23.1.14.3.html>.

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