BMR.86.1.18.2 (Album Print black & white)
BMR.86.1.18.2 (Album Print black & white)
Frederick Spencer Chapman
Hugh E. Richardson
September 6th 1936
Lhasa > Norbu Lingka > Museum
BMR.86.1.18.2
Print gelatin silver
British Diplomatic Mission to Lhasa 1936-37
Donated to the British Museum in 1986 by Hugh E. Richardson
CB.1 [view film roll]
F. S. Chapman Collection in the Pitt Rivers Museum
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Notes on print/mount - 'Norbhu Ling Ka' has been written beneath the images on page 18 in the album in pencil, apparently not by Hugh Richardson [MS 12/06/2006]
Manual Catalogues - Caption in Chapman's hand-written list of negatives made whilst on the Mission to Lhasa, 1936-7 [See PRM Manuscripts Collection]: 'D L’s [Dalai Lama’s] new palace and path and garden v. [vertical]' [MS 12/06/2006]
Other Information - Album: This image appears alongside two others of the Norbu Lingka on page 18 of Hugh Richardson's album 'Lhasa 1936' [MS 12/06/2006]
Other Information - Related Images: Images prefixed with 'CB' comprise a group of negatives containing images of the Dalai Lama’s new palace, Norbhu Lingka guard, Mission guides, Potala Palace, Trapje, Neame examining military guard, Lewis guns, Ladakhi people gambling, officials, the throne and silver cups of the Dalai Lama. They were all taken on 6th - 7th September 1936 on the occasion of the first official visit of the Mission to the Norbu Lingka and, following this, an official review of Tibetan troops undertaken by Brigadier Philip Neame [MS 12/06/2006]
For Citation use:
The Tibet Album.
"Norbu Lingka"
05 Dec. 2006. The British Museum.
<http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_BMR.86.1.18.2.html>.
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