BMR.86.1.35.1 (Album Print black & white)
Philip Neame
Hugh E. Richardson
September 6th 1936
Lhasa > Potala
BMR.86.1.35.1
Print gelatin silver
British Diplomatic Mission to Lhasa 1936-37
Donated to the British Museum in 1986 by Hugh E. Richardson
[PN] V 12 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]
[PN] V 12 [view loan photo]
F. S. Chapman Collection in the Pitt Rivers Museum
2006.1.39.12
Notes on print/mount - 'Service in monastery' has been written under the photograph in the album in pencil [MS 24/08/2006]
Other Information - Album: This photograph appears alongside three others of the various activities in which monks participated in and around Lhasa on page 35 of the album [MS 24/08/2006]
Other Information - Setting: The location of the Potala has been identified from the handlist of negatives drawn up by Philip Neame [see Same Image As] [MS 24/08/2006]
For Citation use:
The Tibet Album.
"Monks in the Potala"
05 Dec. 2006. The British Museum.
<http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_BMR.86.1.35.1.html>.
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