Identity area
Reference code
GB 891 BHH-BHH/1-BHH/1/70
Title
Letter from Josiah Forshall (1795 –1863), Secretary British Museum, to Brian Houghton Hodgson, 15 May 1845
Date(s)
- 15th May 1845 (Creation)
Level of description
File
Context area
Name of creator
(1753-)
Administrative history
The British Museum is a public museum dedicated to human history, art and culture located in the Bloomsbury area of London. On 7 June 1753, King George II gave his royal assent to the Act of Parliament which established the British Museum. The British… read more
Repository
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Letter from Josiah Forshall (1795–1863), Secretary British Museum, to Brian Houghton Hodgson on behalf of the Trustees of the Museum to thank Hodgson for his valuable present of a manuscript in the language of Tibet, being the Yum, part of the Prajnāpā… read more
Conditions of access and use area
Language of material
- English
Access points
Subject access points
Name access points
- British Museum 1753- London, England (Subject)