Potala south face

Potala south face

2001.35.396.23.3 (Album Print black & white)

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Key Information

Photographer

Evan Yorke Nepean

Collection

Evan Yorke Nepean

Date of Photo

September - December 1936

Region

Lhasa > Potala (from south)

Accession number

2001.35.396.23.3

Image Dimensions

90 x 58 mm

The south face of the Potala Palace. Stonework walls and cropped vegetation are visible.

Further Information

Photographic Process

Print silver

Date Acquired

Loaned August 2002

Donated by

Judy Goldthorp

Expedition

British Diplomatic Mission to Lhasa 1936-37

Photo also owned by

Lady Nepean

Previous Catologue Number

YN.62

This Image also appears in another collection

2001.35.109.1 1998.131.302

Other Information

Notes on print/mount - 'The Potala - South Face'. [MS 30/07/2006]

Other Information - Related Images


Other Information - Related Images: The negative for this image is in the Frederick Spencer Chapman collection at the PRM [1998.131.302]. 'YN 62' has been scratched into the negative in the bottom right hand corner [MS 30/07/2006]

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "Potala south face" 05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_2001.35.396.23.3%0B.html>.

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