Deyang Shar, Potala

Deyang Shar, Potala

BMR.86.1.12.1 (Album Print black & white)

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Key Information

Photographer

Frederick Spencer Chapman

Collection

Hugh E. Richardson

Date of Photo

September 6th 1936

Region

Lhasa > Potala > Deyang shar

Accession number

BMR.86.1.12.1

Stairs leading into the Eastern Courtyard or Deyang Shar of the Potala, where some of the most important ceremonies of the Tibetan ritual year took place

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

C.14.10 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

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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 - '2. Court of Potala' has been written beneath the image in the album in pencil, apparently not by Hugh Richardson [MS 10/06/2006]

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]: 'View of steps and D.L.’s way and whole face of building'; PRM Manuscripts Collection: ‘List of Tibetan Prints and Negatives’ - Book 2: ‘4/3 - The Eastern wall of Potala overlooking courtyard where New year dances take place’ [MS 10/06/2006]

Other Information - Album: This image appears alongside two other images of the Potala on page 12 of Hugh Richardson's album 'Lhasa 1936' [MS 10/06/2006]

Other Information - Related Images


Other Information - Related Images: Images prefixed with 'C.14' comprise a group of negatives containing images of the 13th Dalai Lama’s tomb and views around the Potala. They were taken on September 6th 1936 on the occasion of the Mission party's first official visit to the Potala [MS 10/06/2006]

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "Deyang Shar, Potala" 05 Dec. 2006. The British Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_BMR.86.1.12.1.html>.

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