Key Information

Photographer

Frederick Spencer Chapman

Collection

Frederick Spencer Chapman

Date of Photo

September 17th - 18th 1936

Region

Lhasa > Potala (from south west)

Accession number

1998.131.293

Image Dimensions

157 x 228 mm

The Potala Palace from the south west. Marshlands behind the Potala appear to be flooded and people can be seen walking along a narrow path. Rain clouds gathering in the sky

Further Information

Photographic Process

Print gelatin silver , Enlargement

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

CQ.1 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]

Previous Pitt Rivers Museum Number

SC.T.2.293

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 - The reference number 'C-Q-1' has been written on the back of the print in pencil. This seems to relate to the numbering system that Chapman adopted for images taken during the British Mission to Lhasa in 1936-37. The caption 'Potala from the SW' has been written in pencil, as has the term 'Dupe', which has been encircled, indicating that this is a duplicate image. Significantly also the instruction 'Do not use' has been underlined, apparently relating to the selection of images to be included in the Mission album [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 the road across water meadows'; PRM Manuscripts Collection: ‘List of Tibetan Prints and Negatives’ - Book 2: ‘1/2 - Potala and road to Nurbhu Lingka (Jewel Palace) and south to India’ [MS 18/03/2006]

Other Information - Related Images

Other Information - Related Images: Images prefixed with 'CQ' comprise a group of negatives containing images of beggars, Kundeling monastery, Potala, telephoto views of Potala, Tibetan dancers, Tibetan band, dancing girls, Tibetan telegraph master, female body cutters, old city magistrate, and an Austin car. They all seem to have been taken between September 17th - 19th 1936 [MS 18/03/2006]

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "Potala palace from the south west" 05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_1998.131.293.html>.

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