Butter lamps by shrine of 13th Dalai Lama
BMR.86.1.47.4 (Album Print black & white)
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Key Information
Photographer
Frederick Spencer Chapman
Collection
Hugh E. Richardson
Date of Photo
September 6th 1936
Region
Lhasa > Potala > 13th Dalai Lama's Tomb
Accession number
BMR.86.1.47.4
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
C.14.1 [view film roll]
Related Collections
F. S. Chapman Collection in the Pitt Rivers Museum
Other Information
Other Information - Album: This image appears alongside 3 others of shrines and altars on page 47 of Hugh Richardson's album 'Lhasa 1936' [MS 26/08/2006]
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]: 'Detail of l. hand corner of D.L.’s tomb'; PRM Manuscripts Collection: ‘List of Tibetan Prints and Negatives’ - Book 2: ‘6/4 - Butter lamps and ornaments in last Dalai Lama’s shrine; notice elephant tusk, gong, cloisonne vases and jewels on beaten gold covering of tomb’ [MS 26/08/2006]
Other Information - Related Images
Other Information - Related Images: Images prefixed with 'C.14 comprise a group of negatives containing images of the 13th Dalai Lama’s tomb and views around the Potala. They were all taken on the Mission party's first official visit to the Potala on September 6th 1936 [MS 18/03/2006]
For Citation use:
The Tibet Album.
"Butter lamps by shrine of 13th Dalai Lama"
05 Dec. 2006. The British Museum.
<http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_BMR.86.1.47.4.html>.
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