Reting Regent departs for Samye

Reting Regent departs for Samye

BMR.86.1.56.3 (Album Print black & white)

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Key Information

Photographer

Frederick Spencer Chapman

Collection

Hugh E. Richardson

Date of Photo

October 6th 1936

Named Person

Reting Rinpoche

Region

Lhasa Area >

Accession number

BMR.86.1.56.3

The Regent departing for his tour to Samye monastery in October 1936. His entourage can be seen loading the boats for his journey

Further Information

Photographic Process

Print gelatin silver

Expedition

British Diplomatic Mission to Lhasa 1936-37

Photo also owned by

Donated to the British Museum in 1986 by Hugh E. Richardson

Previous Catologue Number

CY.24 In publication
'Lhasa Mission 1936, Diary of Events', P. Neame, H. Richardson, F. S. Chapman, Government of India Political Department [Note: photographs for October 18th - November 4th 1936 are not included as their relationship to text is not detailed; see Mission Diary text for details of images] [see photos in publication]

Related Collections

F. S. Chapman Collection in the Pitt Rivers Museum

Published

'Lhasa Mission 1936, Diary of Events', P. Neame, H. Richardson, F. S. Chapman, Government of India Political Department [Note: photographs for October 18th - November 4th 1936 are not included as their relationship to text is not detailed; see Mission Diary text for details of images] [view list of illustrations]

Other Information

Notes on print/mount - 'Regent leaves for Sam ye' has been written beneath the image in the album in pencil, apparently not by Hugh Richardson [MS 25/08/2006]

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 departing in boat'; PRM Manuscripts Collection: ‘List of Tibetan Prints and Negatives’ - Book 3: ‘13/5 - The Regent in yakhide coracle. In the one immediately behind him are the Four shap-pes (Cabinet Ministers)’ [MS 25/08/2006]

Other Information - Album: This image appears alongside 3 others of the journeys of the Reting Regent on page 56 of Hugh Richardson's album 'Lhasa 1936' [MS 25/08/2006]

Other Information - Related Images


Other Information - Related Images: Images prefixed with 'CY.' comprise a group of negatives containing images of wireless, chang girls broadcasting, lunch party with Dagg, Chapman, Gyaltsen, Rupon, kitchen tent at Regent’s departure and picnic [MS 25/08/2006]

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "Reting Regent departs for Samye" 05 Dec. 2006. The British Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_BMR.86.1.56.3.html>.

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