Potala from the west
1998.131.292 (Print black & white)
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Key Information
Photographer
Frederick Spencer Chapman
Collection
Frederick Spencer Chapman
Date of Photo
November 13th - 15th 1936
Region
Lhasa > Potala (from west)
Accession number
1998.131.292
Image Dimensions
120 x 163 mm
Further Information
Photographic Process
Print gelatin silver
Date Acquired
Donated 1994
Donated by
Faith Spencer Chapman
Expedition
British Diplomatic Mission to Lhasa 1936-37
Photo also owned by
Frederick Spencer Chapman
Previous Catologue Number
C.12.18 [view film roll]
Previous Pitt Rivers Museum Number
SC.T.2.292
This Image also appears in another collection
BMR.86.1.10.1
Other Information
Notes on print/mount - The number 'C-12/18' has been written on the back of the print in pencil. The name 'F. S. Chapman' has been written in the top left hand corner of the back of the print [MS 2/4/2005]
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]: 'Potala and sand track approaching L. [Lhasa]' [MS 18/03/2006]
Other Information - Related Images
Other Information - Related Images: Images prefixed with 'C.12' comprise a group of negatives containing images of Ladakhi men, Ngagchen Rimpoche, Mir/Amir Khan (the mission cook), football match, Dagg, Kham dancers, Nechung, Drepung, Potala and sand track approaching it. They all seem to have been taken between October 28th and November 15th 1936 [MS 18/03/2006]
Other Information - Setting
Other Information - Setting: It is unusual to see the view from this sandy path from where the view is less scenic [TS 7/2/2005]
For Citation use:
The Tibet Album.
"Potala from the west"
05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum.
<http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_1998.131.292.html>.
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