Lake pavilion, Norbu Lingka

Lake pavilion, Norbu Lingka

BMR.86.1.6.1 (Album Print black & white)

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Key Information

Photographer

Frederick Spencer Chapman

Collection

Hugh E. Richardson

Date of Photo

October 1st - 3rd 1936

Region

Lhasa > Norbu Lingka > Lake Pavilion

Accession number

BMR.86.1.6.1

Lake pavilion at the Norbu Lingka. The stonework causeway leading to the building can be seen in the middle distance. Prayer flags can be seen suspended from trees to the rear of the pavilion

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

C.6.13 [view film roll]

Related Collections

F. S. Chapman Collection in the Pitt Rivers Museum

This Image also appears in another collection

2001.35.323.1

Other Information

Notes on print/mount - 'In the Norbhu Lingka' has been written beneath the image in the album in pencil, apparently not by Hugh Richardson [MS 10/06/2006]

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]: 'Norbu Lingka lake pagoda'; A group of negatives containing images of Trimon and 4th/5th rank officials, Amir Khan and staff, Ringang, lunch party, Yellow Hat Monks, Potala views, Norbhu Lingka stables [MS 10/06/2006]

Other Information - Album: This image appears by itself on page 6 of Hugh Richardson's album 'Lhasa 1936' [MS 10/06/2006]

Other Information - Related Images


Other Information - Related Images: Images prefixed with 'C.6' comprise a group of negatives containing images of Trimon and 4th/5th rank officials, Amir Khan and staff, Ringang, lunch party, Yellow Hat Monks, Potala views, Norbhu Lingka stables. They seem to have been taken between 1st and 3rd October 1936 [MS 10/06/2006]

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "Lake pavilion, Norbu Lingka" 05 Dec. 2006. The British Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_BMR.86.1.6.1.html>.

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