Carrying yak dung home for fuel
BMR.86.1.43.1 (Album Print black & white)
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Key Information
Photographer
Frederick Spencer Chapman
Collection
Hugh E. Richardson
Date of Photo
September 20th 1936?
Region
Lhasa Area
Accession number
BMR.86.1.43.1
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
CR.17 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]
Related Collections
F. S. Chapman Collection in the Pitt Rivers Museum
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
Other Information - Album: This image appears alongside 3 others on page 43 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]: 'Carrying yak dung home'; PRM Manuscripts Collection: ‘List of Tibetan Prints and Negatives’ - Book 4: ‘14/1 - Collection of yak dung for fuel’ [MS 25/08/2006]
Other Information - Related Images
Other Information - Related Images: Images prefixed with 'CR' comprise a group of negatives containing images of Nepean being carried from a boat, yaks at Mundu La, plants, Kusho Namdon La, Regent by microphone, Regent’s palace, large monk, Pargo Kaling, pagodas, Dr Morgan. They seem all to have been taken on September 20th - 21st 1936, with images of the Regent being taken on the latter date [MS 01/04/2006]
For Citation use:
The Tibet Album.
"Carrying yak dung home for fuel"
05 Dec. 2006. The British Museum.
<http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_BMR.86.1.43.1.html>.
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