1998.131.167 (Print black & white)
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Frederick Spencer Chapman
Frederick Spencer Chapman
March 1937?
Chumbi Valley Region >
1998.131.167
144 x 213
Print gelatin silver
Donated 1994
Faith Spencer Chapman
British Diplomatic Mission to Lhasa 1936-37
Frederick Spencer Chapman
H.10 [view film roll]
SC.T.2.167
Notes on print/mount - There are a number of inscriptions on the back of the print, most significant of which is 'O.H.10', which is the reference number used by Chapman [MS 10/03/2006]
Manual Catalogues - Caption in Chapman's hand-written list of negatives made whilst on the Mission to Lhasa, 1936-7 [See PRM Manuscripts Collection]: 'Cut at full [sun?] Chomolhari at dawn and party riding'; PRM Manuscripts Collection: ‘List of Tibetan Prints and Negatives’ - Book 1, From Gangtok to the Natu La August 1936: ‘10/1 - Our party leaving Phari for Gautsa in March 1937. Chomolhari (24,000) in background’
Other Information - Related Images: A group of negatives prefixed with 'H' that contain images of the route from Lhasa including Phari, Gautsa, Gyantse, all of which seem to have been taken in late February - early March 1937 [MS 10/03/2006]
For Citation use:
The Tibet Album.
"Chomolhari at dawn"
05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum.
<http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_1998.131.167.html>.
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