Reting Regent departs for Samye
BMR.86.1.56.3 (Album Print black & white)
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Key Information
Photographer
Frederick Spencer Chapman
Collection
Hugh E. Richardson
Date of Photo
October 6th 1936
Named Person
Region
Lhasa Area >
Accession number
BMR.86.1.56.3
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
CY.24 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
Notes on print/mount - 'Regent leaves for Sam ye' has been written beneath the image in the album in pencil, apparently not by Hugh Richardson [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]: 'Regent departing in boat'; PRM Manuscripts Collection: ‘List of Tibetan Prints and Negatives’ - Book 3: ‘13/5 - The Regent in yakhide coracle. In the one immediately behind him are the Four shap-pes (Cabinet Ministers)’ [MS 25/08/2006]
Other Information - Album: This image appears alongside 3 others of the journeys of the Reting Regent on page 56 of Hugh Richardson's album 'Lhasa 1936' [MS 25/08/2006]
Other Information - Related Images
Other Information - Related Images: Images prefixed with 'CY.' comprise a group of negatives containing images of wireless, chang girls broadcasting, lunch party with Dagg, Chapman, Gyaltsen, Rupon, kitchen tent at Regent’s departure and picnic [MS 25/08/2006]
For Citation use:
The Tibet Album.
"Reting Regent departs for Samye"
05 Dec. 2006. The British Museum.
<http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_BMR.86.1.56.3.html>.
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