Mission members on a picnic with Tsarong
2001.35.309.1 (Print Black & White)
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Key Information
Photographer
Frederick Spencer Chapman
Collection
Evan Yorke Nepean
Date of Photo
October 6th 1936
Named Person
Evan Nepean, Frederick Spencer Chapman, Hugh Richardson, Tsarong Dzasa, Norbhu Dhondup
Region
Lhasa Area
Accession number
2001.35.309.1
Image Dimensions
107 x 70 mm
Further Information
Activity
Eating and Drinking
Photographic Process
Print silver
Date Acquired
Loaned August 2002
Donated by
Judy Goldthorp
Expedition
British Diplomatic Mission to Lhasa 1936-37
Photo also owned by
Lady Nepean
Previous Catologue Number
C.16.6 In publication
'Lhasa Mission 1936, Diary of Events', P. Neame, H. Richardson, F. S. Chapman, Government of India Political Department [Note: photographs for October 18th - November 4th 1936 are not included as their relationship to text is not detailed; see Mission Diary text for details of images] [see photos in publication]
Published
'Lhasa Mission 1936, Diary of Events', P. Neame, H. Richardson, F. S. Chapman, Government of India Political Department [Note: photographs for October 18th - November 4th 1936 are not included as their relationship to text is not detailed; see Mission Diary text for details of images] [view list of illustrations]
Other Information
Notes on print/mount - 'Picnic: Norbhu, Nepean, Chapman, Richardson, Tsarong; ink no: 129; pencil no: C.16/6; blue no: '; from an envelope marked 'Scenes during journeys around Lhasa'. [KC 14/08/2006]
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]: 'Our picnic'; PRM Manuscripts Collection: ‘List of Tibetan Prints and Negatives’ - Book 3: ‘24/3 - Picnic at Lhasa (L to R) Norbhu, Nepean, F. Spencer Chapman, Richardson, Tsarong’ [MS 14/08/2006]
Other Information - Dates
Other Information - Dates: See Mission Diary for October 6th 1936 in which it states that following the Regent's departure, Nepean, Richardson, Norbhu and Chapman had a picnic breakfast by the river at which they were joined by Tsarong Shape [MS 14/08/2006]
For Citation use:
The Tibet Album.
"Mission members on a picnic with Tsarong"
05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum.
<http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_2001.35.309.1.html>.
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