State sedan chair being carried

State sedan chair being carried

2001.59.14.67.1 (Film negative)

Image for comparison
spacer

Compare

Raw Image

Key Information

Photographer

Hugh E. Richardson

Collection

Hugh Richardson

Date of Photo

1936 - 1940

Region

Lhasa

Accession number

2001.59.14.67.1

Image Dimensions

55 x 55 mm

Bearers carrying the State sedan chair along a raised walkway or road withtrees and mountains in the background. Monks are walking alongside it. One of them is holding a peacock-feathered umbrella above the sedan chair suggesting that the young Dalai Lama is seated inside it.

Further Information

Photographic Process

Negative film nitrate

Date Acquired

Donated August 2001

Donated by

The executors of the estate of Hugh E. Richardson

Expedition

Hugh E. Richardson

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "State sedan chair being carried " 05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_2001.59.14.67.1.html>.

For more information about photographic usage or to order prints, please visit the The Pitt Rivers Museum.

© The Pitt Rivers Museum