Key Information

Photographer

Evan Yorke Nepean

Collection

Evan Yorke Nepean

Date of Photo

November 22nd 1936

Region

Lhasa > Potala > Tombs of Dalai Lamas

Accession number

2001.35.396.25.1

Image Dimensions

90 x 58 mm

Roof of the Potala Palace, gilt copper pagoda roofs of the tombs of past Dalai Lamas.

Further Information

Photographic Process

Negative

Date Acquired

Loaned August 2002

Donated by

Judy Goldthorp

Expedition

British Diplomatic Mission to Lhasa 1936-37

Photo also owned by

Lady Nepean

This Image also appears in another collection

2001.35.119.1

Other Information

Notes on print/mount - 'Roofs of Tombs of Dalai Lamas'. [MS 30/07/2006]

Other Information - Dates

Other Information - Dates: This photograph was probably taken on November 22nd 1936, the second occasion on which the Mission staff led by Sir Basil Gould visited the Potala. The first occasion was September 6th 1936. However, this was the day on which Nepean arrived in Lhasa from Gyantse with the wireless set that he had stayed behind to fix. It seems unlikely, therefore, that this photograph was taken in September as Nepean was probably still en route into Lhasa at the time of the official visit [MS 30/07/2006]

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "Roofs of Dalai Lamas' tombs, Potala" 05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_2001.35.396.25.1.html>.

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Roofs of Dalai Lamas' tombs, Potala