Key Information

Photographer

Frederick Spencer Chapman?

Collection

Evan Yorke Nepean

Date of Photo

September 1936?

Region

Lhasa > Norbu Lingka > Gateway

Accession number

2001.35.390.1

Image Dimensions

150 x 112 mm

The main gateway entrance to the Norbu Lingka with a number of soldiers standing on guard on the right of the picture.

Further Information

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

CPX.13 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: 'Main entrance to Dekyi lingka ' [ink no:] 2; [pencil no:] CPX/13; [blue no:] 38 [MS 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]: 'Norbhu Lingka main gate and guard'; PRM Manuscripts Collection: ‘List of Tibetan Prints and Negatives’ - Book 2: ‘7/2 - Tibetan guard outside main entrance to Norbhu Lingka - the summer palace built by the last (13th) Dalai Lamas [ sic ]’ [MS 14/08/2006]

Other Information - Related Images

Other Information - Related Images: Images prefixed with 'CPX' comprise a group of negatives containing images of boats near Dekyi Lingka crossing, Potala, Norbu Lingka main gate and stables, paintings, water prayer wheel, lake palace, ducks, mastiffs, monks washing clothes, Richardson and Dr Morgan. They seem to have been taken mainly on September 6th, although some of the early images may have been taken on September 4th - 5th 1936, when the Mission had two days of office activities. However, it also possible that they were taken on or around September 16th when a second visit was made to the Norbu Lingka [MS 21/03/2006]

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "Gateway to Norbu Lingka" 05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_2001.35.390.1.html>.

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