Sikkimese orderly on roof of Sera Monastery

Sikkimese orderly on roof of Sera Monastery

2001.35.97.1 (Print Black & White)

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Key Information

Photographer

Evan Yorke Nepean

Collection

Evan Yorke Nepean

Date of Photo

October 18th 1936

Region

Lhasa Area > Sera

Accession number

2001.35.97.1

Image Dimensions

90 x 58 mm

Sikkimese servant of the British Mission on the roof of Sera Monastery carrying a tripod.

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.69

This Image also appears in another collection

2001.35.396.21.4 1998.131.360.1

Other Information

Notes on print/mount - 2-097; 30. [KC 30/07/2006]

Research publication - Clare Harris and Tsering Shakya (eds.) 'Seeing Lhasa: British Depictions of the Tibetan Capital 1936-1947' Chicago: Serindia Publications, 2003, p. 126. It has been incorrectly identified in the publication as being of Drepung Monastery and the photographer as being Frederick Spencer Chapman [MS 10/04/2006]

Other Information - Related Images


Other Information - Related Images: The negative for this image is in the Frederick Spencer Chapman collection at the PRM [1998.131.545]. 'YN 69' has been scratched into the bottom corner of the negative. [MS 30/07/2006]

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Other Information - Related Images: Caption for this image in Nepean's album (see Same Image As) - 'In Sera monastery'. [MS 30/07/2006]


For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "Sikkimese orderly on roof of Sera Monastery" 05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_2001.35.97.1.html>.

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