Key Information

Photographer

Hugh E. Richardson

Collection

Frederick Spencer Chapman

Date of Photo

March 8th 1937

Region

Lhasa > Lhalu

Accession number

1998.131.550

Image Dimensions

114 x 161

The tent of the Kashag or Cabinet at the Dzonggyap shambe or 'The gallop behind the fort'. Tibetan officials in brocade robes and flat fur hats seated behind wooden tables under tented awnings. Large crowd to the right of the image.

Further Information

Photographic Process

Print gelatin silver

Date Acquired

Donated 1994

Donated by

Mrs Faith Spencer Chapman

Expedition

British Diplomatic Mission to Lhasa (Hugh Richardson)

Photo also owned by

Frederick Spencer Chapman

Previous Pitt Rivers Museum Number

SC.T.2.550

This Image also appears in another collection

2001.59.1.77.1

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "Officials at site of Dzonggyap shambe " 05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_1998.131.550.html>.

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