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Container Reference (shelfmark) Photo 1043 Level [40] File

331. Photo 1043(331)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1043(331)
Title:
Norbhu Dazsu reading the Everest permit [at the British Mission, Lhasa]. Photographer: Spencer-Chapman, Frederick
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Showing Norbhu reading the permit at the New Year's Day luncheon party hosted by the British Mission. 'On arrival the first act of the Cabinet was to hand to Norbhu a sealed packet made of coarse Tibetan paper, together with the customary white scarf of greeting. Thi...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1 Jan 1937
Extent:
1 item

332. Photo 1043(332)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1043(332)
Title:
Sonam Kazi and Norbhu Dzasa [reading the Everest permit, British Mission, Lhasa]. Photographer: Spencer-Chapman, Frederick
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Subjects = Tibetan office holders Location = Lhasa; Tibet
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1 Jan 1937
Extent:
1 item

333. Photo 1043(333)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1043(333)
Title:
Permission for the Everest Expedition, 1938. Photographer: Spencer-Chapman, Frederick
Scope & Content:
Close view of the Tibetan manuscript. [Gelatin silver print, 152x110mm]. Subjects = Location = Lhasa; Tibet
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1 Jan 1937
Extent:
1 item

334. Photo 1043(334)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1043(334)
Title:
Cabinet Ministers [at the British Mission, Lhasa]. Tendong, Bhondong, Kalon Lama, Lanchunga. Photographer: Spencer-Chapman, Frederick
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Full-length portrait of the four men, seated in the garden of the British Mission, Lhasa. [Gelatin silver print, 154x104mm]. Subjects = Tibetan office holders Location = Lhasa; Tibet
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1 Jan 1937
Extent:
1 item

335. Photo 1043(335)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1043(335)
Title:
Part of the Lhasa band [at the New Year's Day luncheon party, British Mission, Lhasa].. Photographer: Spencer-Chapman, Frederick
Scope & Content:
The three musicians performing: 'Out in the garden we had the Lhasa Band and dancers. The former consists of two Chinese fiddlers, one of them blind, a bearded Ladaki who plays a flute, and a Tibetan with another curious stringed instrument. The blind fiddler, incidentally, enjoys the privilege ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1 Jan 1937
Extent:
1 item

336. Photo 1043(336)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1043(336)
Title:
Blind fiddler [at New Year's Day luncheon party, British Mission, Lhasa]. Photographer: Spencer-Chapman, Frederick
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Full-length portrait of musician playing stringed instrument. [Gelatin silver print, 105x155mm]. Subjects = musical instruments; musicians Location = Lhasa; Tibet
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1 Jan 1937
Extent:
1 item

337. Photo 1043(337)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1043(337)
Title:
The four Trungyi Chempos [at the British Mission, Lhasa]. Photographer: Spencer-Chapman, Frederick
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography 'The four Trungyi Chempos came to lunch. They represent the Cabinet of the Ecclesiastical party. Each wore the usual flowing mulberry-coloured monk's robe over his yellow silk shirt; and, to show their high office, a section of very beautiful vermilion and gold broca...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
4 Jan 1937
Extent:
1 item

338. Photo 1043(338)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1043(338)
Title:
The Monk Commander-in-Chief [at the British Mission, Lhasa]. Photographer: Spencer-Chapman, Frederick
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Head-and-shoulders portrait (see note at print 337). [Gelatin silver print, 105x154mm]. Subjects = Tibetan office holders Location = Lhasa; Tibet
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
4 Jan 1937
Extent:
1 item

339. Photo 1043(339)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1043(339)
Title:
Nomad [Lhasa]. Photographer: Spencer-Chapman, Frederick
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Head-and-shoulders portrait. 'Chapman went out in the early morning to photograph a party of Nomads who have recently arrived at Lhasa. These swarthy uncouth-looking men, dressed in a single sheep-skin garment, are much larger and more healthy looking than are the in...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
7 Jan 1937
Extent:
1 item

340. Photo 1043(340)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1043(340)
Title:
Nomad sewing up bags of salt [Lhasa]. Photographer: Spencer-Chapman, Frederick
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography 'These Nomads had come down from the Chang Tang, the vast arid semi-desert away to the north of Lhasa. The journey took them fifty days. Hundreds of yaks carried wool, while each sheep was loaded with a bag of salt on each side of its back. The salt is deposited on t...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
7 Jan 1937
Extent:
1 item