Dogs being fed at Phari
1998.131.434 (Film negative)
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Key Information
Photographer
Evan Yorke Nepean
Collection
Frederick Spencer Chapman
Date of Photo
August 5th 1936
Region
Chumbi Valley Region > Phari > Dak Bungalow
Accession number
1998.131.434
Image Dimensions
61 x 93
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
YN.4
Previous Pitt Rivers Museum Number
SC.T.2.434
This Image also appears in another collection
2001.35.396.8.5 2001.35.29.1
Other Information
In Negative - 'YN 4' has been scratched into the negative in the bottom left hand corner [MS 25/03/2006]
Other Information - Setting
Other Information - Setting: These spaniels were intended to be given as a gift to the Reting Regent in Lhasa. Chapman describes the handing over of presents to the Regent on August 28th 1936: "As soon as we presented scarves and drunk tea - both Tibetan and European drink was served - our presents were brought in a given to the Regent. ... They also included the "Kharita" (letter of salutation) and a signed photograph from the Viceroy of India, and three young spaniels that we had brought up to Lhasa as a personal gift from His Excellency to the Regent. It is not the custom to show any pleasure at the receipt of presents, but the young Regent could hardly conceal his delight with the dogs, which, I regret to say, did not behave very well on this their first experience of the inside of a house" ['Lhasa: The Holy City', F. Spencer Chapman, London: Chatto & Windus, 1938, p.100] [MS 01/04/2006]
For Citation use:
The Tibet Album.
"Dogs being fed at Phari"
05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum.
<http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_1998.131.434.html>.
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