Key Information

Photographer

Frederick Spencer Chapman

Collection

Frederick Spencer Chapman

Date of Photo

January 9th 1937

Named Person

Changra Depon's wife

Region

Lhasa > Dekyi Lingka

Accession number

1998.131.467

Image Dimensions

159 x 108

The wife of Changra Depon, the lay Commander-in-Chief. Head and shoulders portrait showing in detail the elaborate jewellery and head dresses worn by aristocratic women

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

BI.33 [view film roll]

Previous Pitt Rivers Museum Number

SC.T.2.467

Other Information

Notes on print/mount - 'BI 33' has been written on the back of the print in pencil. The name 'F S Chapman' has been written in pencil along the bottom right side edge, and the number '6' in a circle in the top right hand corner [MS 27/03/2006]

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]: 'Mrs [C-in-C] close up v.' [MS 27/03/2006]

Biographical Information - "Changra was made depon at the age of forty-eight, having previously held only civil appointments. Two years ago, at the age of fifty-six, he was made Commander-in-Chief, and although he knew that many reforms were needed, he did not know where to begin. Chapay, his assistant, had been for many years a depon in Kham. All these officials spoke very freely to Neame and he was able to discover much useful information" ['Lhasa: The Holy City', F. Spencer Chapman, London: Chatto & Windus, 1938, p. 233] [MS 27/03/2006]

Other Information - Related Images

Other Information - Related Images: Images prefixed with 'BI' are a group of negatives containing images of the Lord Chamberlain, the Rumba family, Khampa people, Mongolian women, Lhasa, Iamtso, Lalu Se, Lalu Monastery. They seem to have been taken between January 4th - 9th 1937 [MS 10/03/2006]

Other Information - Setting

Other Information - Setting: Mission Diary entry for January 9th 1937: "Changra, the lay Commander-in-Chief, and Chapay, his assistant, Mingi Lingpa, and Lhalu came to dinner" ['Lhasa Mission, 1936: Diary of Events', Part XII p. 3, written by Chapman] [MS 27/03/2006]

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "Wife of Changra Depon" 05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_1998.131.467.html>.

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