Roof of Potala showing tombs of Dalai Lamas
1998.131.313 (Film negative)
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Key Information
Photographer
Frederick Spencer Chapman
Collection
Frederick Spencer Chapman
Date of Photo
November 22nd 1936
Region
Lhasa > Potala > Tombs of Dalai Lamas >
Accession number
1998.131.313
Image Dimensions
85 x 112 mm
Further Information
Photographic Process
Negative film nitrate
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.18.17 [view film roll]
Previous Pitt Rivers Museum Number
SC.T.2.313
Other Information
In Negative - The number '17' has been scratched into the negative in the bottom right hand corner [MS 11/4/2005]
Technical Information - This image was taken with a quarter plate Zeiss Nixe film or film pack camera as the negative is quarter-plate sized. See Chapman Lhasa The Holy City, [London: Chatto & Windus, 1938] for a description of the still and cine cameras that Chapman used as Mission photographer [MS 25/2/2005]
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]: 'Tombs of D.L.’s L. to R.' [MS 18/03/2006]
Other Information - Related Images
Other Information - Related Images: Images 1998.131.311, 312, 313 & 314 form a panorama of the roof [MS 18/03/2006]
Other Information - Related Images
Other Information - Related Images: Images prefixed with 'C.18' comprise a group of negatives containing images of the mission personnel, the Dalai Lamas’ tombs and Potala. They were all taken on November 22nd on the day of the second official visit of the Mission party to the Potala. [MS 18/03/2006]
For Citation use:
The Tibet Album.
"Roof of Potala showing tombs of Dalai Lamas"
05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum.
<http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_1998.131.313.html>.
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