Key Information

Photographer

Unknown

Collection

Hugh E. Richardson

Date of Photo

August 30th 1936

Region

Lhasa Area > Drepung

Accession number

BMR.86.1.21.4

The steep alley ways of Drepung Monastery. Mission members follow officials of the monastery up the steep cobbles on the occasion of an official visit in August 1936

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

Related Collections

F. S. Chapman Collection in the Pitt Rivers Museum

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "Steep streets in Drepung Monastery" 05 Dec. 2006. The British Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_BMR.86.1.21.4.html>.

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