Key Information

Photographer

Frederick Spencer Chapman

Collection

Frederick Spencer Chapman

Date of Photo

November 22nd 1936

Region

Lhasa > Dekyi Lingka

Accession number

1998.131.383

Image Dimensions

114 x 160

Group of seven Tibetan and Sikkimese officials and advisors who assisted the British Mission in Lhasa. They are here having their photographs taken as a group in the grounds of the Dekyi Lingka prior to an official visit to the Potala. A tent belonging to the Mission can be seen out of focus in the background on the right

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.18.6 [view film roll]

Previous Pitt Rivers Museum Number

SC.T.2.383

This Image also appears in another collection

BMR.86.1.28.2

Other Information

Notes on print/mount - The reference number 'C18/6' has been written on the back of the print in pencil [MS 22/03/2006]

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]: 'Seven clerks standing v.g.'; PRM Manuscripts Collection: ‘List of Tibetan Prints and Negatives’ - Book 3: ‘31/4 - Our office staff’ [MS 22/03/2006]

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 the Potala. They seem all to have been taken November 22nd 1936. Prior to the visit, Chapman and other mission members took photographs of all the Mission staff, apparently taking advantage of the fact they were donned in formal attire in preparation for their official visit to the Potala [MS 18/03/2006]

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "Sikkimese and Tibetan advisors to the Mission" 05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_1998.131.383.html>.

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