Potala from the south west

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2001.59.8.52.2 (Print)

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Key Information

Photographer

Hugh E. Richardson

Collection

Hugh Richardson

Date of Photo

1938-39

Region

Lhasa > Potala (from south west)

Accession number

2001.59.8.52.2

Image Dimensions

60 x 60 mm

The Potala from the south west. Mountain range in background. The river Kyichu is in the foreground. The two chorten reliquary monuments which mark the western gate of Lhasa can just be seen in the centre right of the image.

Further Information

Photographic Process

Print silver

Date Acquired

Donated August 2001

Donated by

The executors of the estate of Hugh E. Richardson

Expedition

Hugh E. Richardson

Other Information

Notes on print - 'Potala' (in blue ink) and 'telephoto from trip' (in pencil) is written on the reverse of print in Richardson's hand and '612' (in red ink) and 'Velox' in an oval is stamped in black.

Other Information - Dates


Other Information - Dates: Images of this size and with red printed batch numbers on the back of their respective contact prints in the 600's seem on the whole to have been taken between 1938-9 according to internal image evidence and their relationship to Richardson's archive. It seems that Richardson acquired his 6x6 camera in 1938 [MS 22/12/2005]

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "Potala from the south west " 05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_2001.59.8.52.2.html>.

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