Key Information

Photographer

Philip Neame

Collection

Hugh E. Richardson

Date of Photo

August 30th 1936

Region

Lhasa Area > Drepung

Accession number

BMR.86.1.42.4

Shengo at Drepung Monastery on the occasion of an official visit from the British Mission to Lhasa 1936-37

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

[PN] T 8 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]
[PN] T 8 [view loan photo]

Related Collections

F. S. Chapman Collection in the Pitt Rivers Museum

This Image also appears in another collection

2006.1.37.8

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "Shengo at Drepung Monastery" 05 Dec. 2006. The British Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_BMR.86.1.42.4.html>.

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