Key Information

Photographer

Evan Yorke Nepean

Collection

Evan Yorke Nepean

Date of Photo

September - December 1936

Region

Lhasa > Potala (from Kundeling)

Accession number

2001.35.396.24.6

Image Dimensions

90 x 58 mm

The Potala as seen from the grounds of the Kundeling Monastery. A young boy with a flock of chickens can be seen in the foreground. The Dekyi Lingka, where the British Mission to Lhasa under Sir Basil Gould resided, was also in the grounds of Kundeling

Further Information

Photographic Process

Negative

Date Acquired

Loaned August 2002

Donated by

Judy Goldthorp

Expedition

British Diplomatic Mission to Lhasa 1936-37

Photo also owned by

Lady Nepean

This Image also appears in another collection

2001.35.118.1

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "Potala from Kundeling grounds" 05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_2001.35.396.24.6.html>.

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Potala from Kundeling grounds