Key Information

Photographer

H. Staunton ?

Collection

Harry Staunton

Date of Photo

1939

Named Person

14th Dalai Lama

Region

Amdo

Accession number

1999.23.2.71

Image Dimensions

33 x 40 mm

Official portrait of the Dalai Lama aged three sitting on a bent wood chair holding a leaf from a book. This was taken shortly after he was discovered in Amdo. The image has a lacy border.

Further Information

Photographic Process

Print gelatin silver , Paper Velox

Date Acquired

Donated 1999

Donated by

Diana Hughes

Expedition

H. Staunton

Photo also owned by

Diana Hughes

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "14th Dalai Lama Tenzin Gyatso aged three" 05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_1999.23.2.71.html>.

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