The Mission en route to Lhasa

The Mission en route to Lhasa

2001.35.198.1 (Print Black & White)

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Key Information

Photographer

Evan Yorke Nepean

Collection

Evan Yorke Nepean

Date of Photo

July 31st 1936

Named Person

Sir Basil Gould, Frederick Spencer Chapman, Brigadier Neame, Sidney Dagg

Region

Gangtok Region

Accession number

2001.35.198.1

Image Dimensions

90 x 58 mm

Four members of the British Mission with a syce or groom/attendant and horses. Sir Basil Gould is standing on the left, Chapman is seated upon his horse. This image was probably taken close to Gangtok at the beginning of the Mission's journey to Lhasa

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.3

This Image also appears in another collection

2001.35.396.37.1 1998.131.392

Other Information

Notes on print/mount - 2-198; 81. [MS 30/07/2006]

Other Information - Related Images


Other Information - Related Images: Caption for this image in Nepean's album (see Same Image As) - 'Brig. Gen. Neame VC, F. Chapman, B.J. Gould, Dagg'. [MS 30/07/2006]

Other Information - Dates


Other Information - Dates: This image was probably taken close to Gangtok at the beginning of the Mission's journey to Lhasa. The Mission departed from Gangtok on July 31st 1936 and arrived in Karponang on the same day. [MS 23/03/2006]

Other Information - Related Images


Other Information - Related Images: The negative for this image is in the Frederick Spencer Chapman collection at the PRM. 'YN 3' has been scratched into the bottom left hand corner of the negative [MS 23/03/2006]

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "The Mission en route to Lhasa" 05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_2001.35.198.1.html>.

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