Man grinding corn

Man grinding corn

BMR.86.1.59.3 (Album Print black & white)

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Key Information

Photographer

Frederick Spencer Chapman

Collection

Hugh E. Richardson

Date of Photo

October 2nd 1936

Region

Lhasa > Bhondong House

Accession number

BMR.86.1.59.3

Man grinding corn with a large weight. This photograph was probably taken in the grounds of Bhondong Shappe's house

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

CX.12 [view film roll]

Related Collections

F. S. Chapman Collection in the Pitt Rivers Museum

Other Information

Other Information - Album: This image appears alongside 2 others on page 59 of Hugh Richardson's album 'Lhasa 1936' [MS 26/08/2006]

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]: 'Man ditto [with weight grinding corn] semi-close good' [MS 26/08/2006]

Other Information - Related Images


Other Information - Related Images: Images prefixed with 'CX' comprise a group of negatives containing images of Phendong and his house, grinding grain, officials (5th rank), Rupon, doctors, artists at work, official’s at Regent’s departure. They all seem to have been taken between October 2nd - 6th 1936 [MS 01/04/2006]

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "Man grinding corn" 05 Dec. 2006. The British Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_BMR.86.1.59.3.html>.

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