1998.131.434 (Film negative)
Raw Image
Evan Yorke Nepean
Frederick Spencer Chapman
August 5th 1936
Chumbi Valley Region > Phari > Dak Bungalow
1998.131.434
61 x 93
Negative film nitrate
Donated 1994
Faith Spencer Chapman
British Diplomatic Mission to Lhasa 1936-37
Frederick Spencer Chapman
YN.4
SC.T.2.434
2001.35.396.8.5 2001.35.29.1
In Negative - 'YN 4' has been scratched into the negative in the bottom left hand corner [MS 25/03/2006]
Other Information - Setting: These spaniels were intended to be given as a gift to the Reting Regent in Lhasa. Chapman describes the handing over of presents to the Regent on August 28th 1936: "As soon as we presented scarves and drunk tea - both Tibetan and European drink was served - our presents were brought in a given to the Regent. ... They also included the "Kharita" (letter of salutation) and a signed photograph from the Viceroy of India, and three young spaniels that we had brought up to Lhasa as a personal gift from His Excellency to the Regent. It is not the custom to show any pleasure at the receipt of presents, but the young Regent could hardly conceal his delight with the dogs, which, I regret to say, did not behave very well on this their first experience of the inside of a house" ['Lhasa: The Holy City', F. Spencer Chapman, London: Chatto & Windus, 1938, p.100] [MS 01/04/2006]
For Citation use:
The Tibet Album.
"Dogs being fed at Phari"
05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum.
<http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_1998.131.434.html>.
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