BMR.86.1.56.3 (Album Print black & white)
Frederick Spencer Chapman
Hugh E. Richardson
October 6th 1936
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BMR.86.1.56.3
Print gelatin silver
British Diplomatic Mission to Lhasa 1936-37
Donated to the British Museum in 1986 by Hugh E. Richardson
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]
F. S. Chapman Collection in the Pitt Rivers Museum
'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]
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 - 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: 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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