Lhasa and Sho from Potala Palace

Lhasa and Sho from Potala Palace

1998.131.307 (Film negative)

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Key Information

Photographer

Frederick Spencer Chapman

Collection

Frederick Spencer Chapman

Date of Photo

September 6th 1936

Region

Lhasa > View from Potala

Accession number

1998.131.307

Image Dimensions

85 x 116 mm

Lhasa and Sho village taken from the Potala. A group of horses and grooms can be seen in the bottom of the image, possibly those of the mission. Image taken looking directly down into the settlement below the Potala, showing the rooftops and courtyards of the buildings

Further Information

Photographic Process

Negative film nitrate

Date Acquired

Donated 1994

Donated by

Faith Spencer Chapman

Expedition

British Diplomatic Mission to Lhasa 1936-37

Photo also owned by

Frederick Spencer Chapman

Previous Catologue Number

C.14.13 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]

Previous Pitt Rivers Museum Number

SC.T.2.307

Published

'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] [view list of illustrations]

Other Information

In Negative - The number '13' has been scratched into the negative in the bottom right hand corner [MS 7/4/2005]

Technical Information - This image was probably taken with a quarter plate Zeiss Nixe film or film pack camera as the negative is quarter-plate sized. See Chapman Lhasa The Holy City [London: Chatto & Windus, 1938] for a description of the still and cine cameras that Chapman used as Mission photographer [MS 25/2/2005]

Manual Catalogues -


Manual Catalogues - Caption in Chapman's hand-written list of negatives made whilst on the Mission to Lhasa, 1936-7 [See PRM Manuscripts Collection]: 'View down onto courtyard etc. of Potala' [MS 18/03/2006]

Other Information - Related Images


Other Information - Related Images: Images prefixed with 'C.14 comprise a group of negatives containing images of the 13th Dalai Lama’s tomb and views around the Potala. They were all taken on the Mission party's first official visit to the Potala on September 6th 1936 [MS 18/03/2006]

Other Information - Description: This photograph was taken on September 6th 1936,when the Mission party spent two hours looking over the Potala. Chapman describes this part of the building in his publication Lhasa the Holy City [London: Chatto & Windus, 1938; reprint, London: Readers Union Ltd., 1940, p.181]: "Immediately below lies the great square courtyard of the southern entrance with its battlemented walls and massive gate-towers" [MS 7/4/2005]

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "Lhasa and Sho from Potala Palace" 05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_1998.131.307.html>.

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