Key Information

Photographer

Frederick Spencer Chapman

Collection

Frederick Spencer Chapman

Date of Photo

January 1937

Region

Lhasa Area > Sera

Accession number

1998.131.363

Image Dimensions

169 x 112 mm

An old abbot of Sera monastery. Full length portrait taken with white wall in background

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

9.16

Previous Pitt Rivers Museum Number

SC.T.2.363

This Image also appears in another collection

BMR.86.1.34.2

Other Information

Notes on print/mount - The back of the print is covered with crop and reproduction instructions. The caption 'The old abbot of Sera Monastery' has been written on the back in pencil, as has the reference number '9.16' [MS 21/03/2006]

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]: 'The old abbot of Sera v.g'; PRM Manuscripts Collection: ‘List of Tibetan Prints and Negatives’ - Book 2: ‘23/1 - The head abbot of Sera monastery’ [MS 21/03/2006]

Other Information - Related Images

Other Information - Related Images: Images prefixed with '9' comprise a group of negatives containing images of Trisum sampa, yaks on Sera plain, Sera monastery and Khampa people. They all seem to have been taken during January 1937 [MS 21/03/2006]

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "Old Abbot of Sera Monastery" 05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_1998.131.363.html>.

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