IDNO

P.97055.WIL

Description

On Cech’s list describing prints:
“(58-135 where taken in Lhasa.)
118. “Lhasa from the Chokpo-ri. 9.9.33”.” [printed text]
For more information see Cech’s list.

A view of Lhasa and its surrounding plain taken from Chokpori hill. Large hills in the distance form the edges of the plain. From the left a road can be seen leading towards the town.

Place

C Asia; Tibet; Lhasa; Chokpori Hill

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

Williamson, Frederick

Collector / Expedition

Date

9 September 1933

Collection Name

Williamson Collection

Source

Williamson, Margaret

Format

Print Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

Transcription: The transcription of this album by Mark Turin and Sara Shneiderman was carried out with reference to Krystina Cech’s catalogue list alone. Alex Nadin has since revised their cataloguing by systematically matching their records to the images. Margaret Williamson’s handwritten captions for photographs have now been transcribed into the Inscription field, and Cech’s descriptions appear in the Description field. Correct entries for Place, Named Person and Other Nos. have also been entered by Alex Nadin. [Sudeshna Guha 29/10/2002]

Place: Chokpo-ri (or Chakpori, lchags po ri) is a hill to the south of the Potala Palace carved with over 5000 rock-carvings. It was famous for its medical college founded by the Desi Sangye Gyatso in 1696 and the monastery (Chakpori Dratsang) affiliated to it. [Source: http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/glossary.php, CJ 23/08/2008]