Key Information

Photographer

Evan Yorke Nepean

Collection

Evan Yorke Nepean

Date of Photo

August 12th - September 1st 1936

Region

Gyantse > Wireless station

Accession number

2001.35.238.1

Image Dimensions

90 x 58 mm

The wireless station of the British Mission in Gyantse. The table is covered with various pieces of equipment that were used to ensure that the Mission had telegraphic communications with India and beyond during their stay

Further Information

Photographic Process

Print silver

Date Acquired

Loaned August 2002

Donated by

Judy Goldthorp

Expedition

British Diplomatic Mission to Lhasa 1936-37

Photo also owned by

Lady Nepean

Previous Catologue Number

YN.18

This Image also appears in another collection

2001.35.396.44.4 1998.131.433

Other Information

Notes on print/mount - 2-238; 1. [KC 01/08/2006]

Other Information - Related Images

Other Information - Related Images: Caption for this image in Nepean's album (see Same Image As) - 'Wireless station at Gyantse'. [MS 01/08/2006]

Other Information - Related Images

Other Information - Related Images: The negative for this image is in the Frederick Spencer Chapman collection at the PRM [1998.131.433]. 'YN 18' has been scratched into the negative in the bottom left hand corner [MS 25/03/2006]

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "Wireless station at Gyantse" 05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_2001.35.238.1.html>.

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