Key Information

Photographer

Frederick Spencer Chapman

Collection

Hugh E. Richardson

Date of Photo

January 1937

Region

Lhasa Area > Sera

Accession number

BMR.86.1.34.2

An old abbot of Sera monastery. Full length portrait taken with white wall in background

Further Information

Photographic Process

Print gelatin silver

Expedition

British Diplomatic Mission to Lhasa 1936-37

Photo also owned by

Donated to the British Museum in 1986 by Hugh E. Richardson

Previous Catologue Number

9.16

Related Collections

F. S. Chapman Collection in the Pitt Rivers Museum

This Image also appears in another collection

1998.131.363

Other Information

Notes on print/mount - The back of the print is covered with crop and reproduction instructions. The caption 'The old abbot of Sera Monastery' has been written on the back in pencil, as has the reference number '9.16' [MS 21/03/2006]

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]: 'The old abbot of Sera v.g'; PRM Manuscripts Collection: ‘List of Tibetan Prints and Negatives’ - Book 2: ‘23/1 - The head abbot of Sera monastery’ [MS 21/03/2006]

Other Information - Related Images

Other Information - Related Images: Images prefixed with '9' comprise a group of negatives containing images of Trisum sampa, yaks on Sera plain, Sera monastery and Khampa people. They all seem to have been taken during January 1937 [MS 21/03/2006]

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "Old Abbot of Sera Monastery" 05 Dec. 2006. The British Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_BMR.86.1.34.2.html>.

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