Rinchengong

Rinchengong

BMH.B.56.1 (Film negative)

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Key Information

Photographer

Arthur Hopkinson

Collection

A. J. Hopkinson

Date of Photo

1927 - 1928

Region

Chumbi Valley Region > Rinchengong

Accession number

BMH.B.56.1

Image Dimensions

85 x 116

A view of Rinchengong, the last village in Tibet before crossing the border to Bhutan. Taken from a nearby mountainside

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 - 'B 56' has been written down the right edge of the image in black ink [MS 30/06/2006]

Manual Catalogues -


Manual Catalogues - [Caption in A. J. Hopkinson's negative album 'Tibet B']: '56 - Rinchengong' [MS 22/04/2006]

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "Rinchengong" 05 Dec. 2006. The British Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_BMH.B.56.1.html>.

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