The new and old Serpons, Thok Dalung. Photographer: Calvert, Hubert
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Genre: Portrait Photography Group portrait of the two Serpons and retainers at Dalung. The occasion is noted in Calvert's diary for 29 August: 'The old and new serpons came to call and proved to be pleasant affable young men; I finally photographed them' (Mss. Add. 63121, f. 109).
Genre: Landscape Photography General view of the miners' encampment, with mountains beyond. Calvert stayed several days inspecting the gold-digging activities at Dalung, which he considered 'one of the most interesting places I have seen in Tibet' (f. 108). On 30 August he notes: 'Took some mor...
Washing for gold [Thok Dalung]. The actual washer is the middle man of these three. Photographer: Calvert, Hubert
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View of miners at work, digging near the river. With a further pencilled note refering to the pile of earth on the right: 'This heap is the winter collection — when no washing is possible.'