Thangka painter Potala

Thangka painter Potala

BMR.86.1.59.2 (Album Print black & white)

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Key Information

Photographer

Philip Neame

Collection

Hugh E. Richardson

Date of Photo

September 6th 1936

Region

Lhasa > Potala

Accession number

BMR.86.1.59.2

Thangka painter Potala, taken on the occasion of an official visit to the Potala in 1936

Further Information

Photographic Process

Print gelatin silver

Expedition

British Diplomatic Mission to Lhasa 1936-37

Photo also owned by

Donated to the British Museum in 1986 by Hugh E. Richardson

Previous Catologue Number

[PN] V 9 In publication
'Lhasa Mission 1936, Diary of Events', P. Neame, H. Richardson, F. S. Chapman, Government of India Political Department [Note: photographs for October 18th - November 4th 1936 are not included as their relationship to text is not detailed; see Mission Diary text for details of images] [see photos in publication]
[PN] V 9 [view loan photo]

Related Collections

F. S. Chapman Collection in the Pitt Rivers Museum

This Image also appears in another collection

2006.1.39.9 2001.35.297.1

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "Thangka painter Potala" 05 Dec. 2006. The British Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_BMR.86.1.59.2.html>.

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