Period:Unknown Production date:22 November 1936
Materials:paper
Technique:gelatin silver printing
Description:
Photograph (black and white) from an album; Group of ten chaprassi, orderlies or servants/assistants, attached to the British Mission. Most are Sikkimese and many are dressed in the uniform of the old Sikkim militia. Tents can be seen in the background. Many of the mission staff had to sleep in tents such as these, and tents were also used to establish the mission hospital. The group is having their photograph taken prior to an official visit to the Potala Palace
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![图片[1]-photographic print(black and white); album BM-1986-0313-0.1.78-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Unknown/Rare books/mid_00623109_001.jpg)
![图片[2]-photographic print(black and white); album BM-1986-0313-0.1.78-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Unknown/Rare books/mid_00043072_001.jpg)
Comments:From an album of 238 prints. Album is bound in leather and fabric with “LHASA 1936.” embossed on the front cover. See also http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk.
Materials:paper
Technique:gelatin silver printing
Description:
Photograph (black and white) from an album; Group of ten chaprassi, orderlies or servants/assistants, attached to the British Mission. Most are Sikkimese and many are dressed in the uniform of the old Sikkim militia. Tents can be seen in the background. Many of the mission staff had to sleep in tents such as these, and tents were also used to establish the mission hospital. The group is having their photograph taken prior to an official visit to the Potala Palace
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Comments:From an album of 238 prints. Album is bound in leather and fabric with “LHASA 1936.” embossed on the front cover. See also http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk.
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