Key Information

Photographer

Evan Yorke Nepean

Collection

Evan Yorke Nepean

Date of Photo

August 12th - c. September 1st 1936

Region

Gyantse

Accession number

2001.35.396.11.4

Image Dimensions

90 x 58 mm

View of street in Gyantse, possibly inside Gyantse monastery. Horses belonging to the Mission party under Sir Basil Gould can be seen on the right side of the image. A young boy can be seen walking down the street towards the cameraman

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

This Image also appears in another collection

2001.35.43.1

Other Information

Notes on print/mount - 'Street in Gyantse City'. [MS 28/07/2006]

Other Information - Dates

Other Information - Dates: The main Mission party travelling to Lhasa with Sir Basil Gould arrived at Gyantse on August 12th 1936. Most of the party left on August 16th but Nepean had to remain in Gyantse to fix the wireless set that was a critical part of the communications network that the Mission hoped to establish in Lhasa. This photograph, therefore, could have been taken between August 12th and early September when Nepean left to travel to Lhasa, arriving on September 6th 1936 [MS 28/07/2006]

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "Street in Gyantse" 05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_2001.35.396.11.4.html>.

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Street in Gyantse