Tibetan soldiers in old-style uniform
BMR.86.1.62.4 (Album Print black & white)
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Key Information
Photographer
Frederick Spencer Chapman
Collection
Hugh E. Richardson
Date of Photo
September 7th 1936
Region
Lhasa
Accession number
BMR.86.1.62.4
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
CB.29 [view film roll]
Related Collections
F. S. Chapman Collection in the Pitt Rivers Museum
This Image also appears in another collection
2001.35.371.1
Other Information
Notes on print/mount - 'Tibetan Army' has been written beneath all the images on this page in the album in pencil, apparently not by Hugh Richardson [MS 26/08/2006]
Other Information - Album: This image appears alongside 3 others of military scenes on page 62 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]: 'Group of new uniformed soldiers and mule'; PRM Manuscripts Collection: ‘List of Tibetan Prints and Negatives’ - Book 3: ‘17/3 - Section with new Tibetan uniform and mountain gun on mule’ [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.
"Tibetan soldiers in old-style uniform"
05 Dec. 2006. The British Museum.
<http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_BMR.86.1.62.4.html>.
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