Key Information

Photographer

Frederick Spencer Chapman

Collection

Hugh E. Richardson

Date of Photo

September 7th 1936

Region

Lhasa

Accession number

BMR.86.1.35.3

Tibetan monks and laymen with umbrellas to shield the sun watching an army demonstration in Lhasa which was put on for the benefit of Brigadier Neame, whose role it was on the British Mission to discuss military affairs with the Tibetan government

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

CB.28 [view film roll]

Related Collections

F. S. Chapman Collection in the Pitt Rivers Museum

This Image also appears in another collection

2001.35.298.1

Other Information

Other Information - Album: This image appears alongside 3 others of monks involved in a variety of activities on page 35 of Hugh Richardson's album 'Lhasa 1936' [MS 25/08/2006]

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]: 'Crowd [at military inspection] with umbrellas'; PRM Manuscripts Collection: ‘List of Tibetan Prints and Negatives’ - Book 3: ‘20/2x - Mostly monks in the crowd’ [MS 14/08/2006]

Other Information - Related Images

Other Information - Related Images: Images prefixed with 'CB' taken on the British Mission to Lhasa in 1936 - 37 comprise a group of negatives containing images of yak hide boats and horses on and in the Tsangpo river, gifts being offered, Mission and Tibetan officials, scenes along the banks of the river and near Chusul and a ‘monastery village’ near Chusul. The collection of images have been given the heading ‘Army and Navy Prints’ at the top of Chapman’s hand-written list. They were taken on September 6th - 7th 1936 [MS 14/08/2006]

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "Crowds watching military display" 05 Dec. 2006. The British Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_BMR.86.1.35.3.html>.

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