British Trade Agent's House, Yatung

British Trade Agent's House, Yatung

BMH.A.53.1 (Film negative)

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Key Information

Photographer

Arthur Hopkinson

Collection

A. J. Hopkinson

Date of Photo

December 1926 - February 1927?

Region

Chumbi Valley Region > Yatung > British Trade Agent's House

Accession number

BMH.A.53.1

Image Dimensions

85 x 113

A view of Yatung taken from a nearby hillside. The house of the British Trade Agent, with a flag pole in the grounds, can be seen at the base of the hill in the centre bottom of the image.

Further Information

Photographic Process

Negative film nitrate

Expedition

A. J. Hopkinson's Tour of Duty as British Trade Agent, Gyantse, 1927-28

Other Information

In Negative - 'A53' has been written on the right edge of the negative in black ink. The negative has been machine perforated along the left edge. 12 holes have been perforated in total [MS 12/05/2006]

Manual Catalogues -


Manual Catalogues - [Caption in A. J. Hopkinson's negative album 'Tibet A - A. J. Hopkinson ICS Gyantse via Siliguri]: 'Sha-si-ma' [MS 28/04/2006]

Other Information - Description: [Extract from taped interview, Richard Blurton and Mrs Hopkinson] 'Yatung, with centre bottom, the Trade Agent's House' [MS 21/04/2006]

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "British Trade Agent's House, Yatung" 05 Dec. 2006. The British Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_BMH.A.53.1.html>.

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