Palkhor Chode at Gyantse

Palkhor Chode at Gyantse

BMH.D.22.1 (Film negative)

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Key Information

Photographer

Arthur Hopkinson

Collection

A. J. Hopkinson

Date of Photo

1927. March 19th 1927 or May 5th 1927?

Region

Gyantse > Palkhor Chode >

Accession number

BMH.D.22.1

Image Dimensions

85 x 111

A view of the Kumbum or great chorten at Palkhor Chode monastery in Gyantse taken from a side alley. Young monks can be seen out of focus in the left of the frame. The two horses tethered on the centre left of the image may have been Hopkinson's and a companion as Hopkinson rode a white horse. The main temple can be seen on the right of the image. The precinct walls of the monastery can be seen on the top of the hill in the background

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 - The right and left edges of the negative have been cut very crudely [MS 15/07/2006]

Notes on print/mount - One contact print made from this negative is contained in A. J. Hopkinson's negative case with the negative. The caption 'Entrance to the main temple at Gyantse monastery' has been written on the back in pencil, as have the references 'D.22' and 'H.20' [MS 15/07/2006]

Manual Catalogues -


Manual Catalogues - [Caption in A. J. Hopkinson's negative album 'Tibet D']: 'PAL-KHOR CHOI-DEN' [MS 28/04/2006]

Other Information - Dates


Other Information - Dates: This photograph was taken in 1927 and two dates seem most likely. The first is that of March 19th, when Hopkinson comments in his journal that he visited to the photographs and took lots of photographs [A. J. Hopkinson Archive, OIOC British Library, Mss Eur D998/54, Journal Letters from Gyantse and Various Camps, 1927-28, commencing March 20th 1927, Gyantse, pages 6-9]. The second is that of May 5th when Hopkinson again visited the monastery with Colonel Eliot [A. J. Hopkinson Archive, OIOC British Library, Mss Eur D998/54, Journal Letters from Gyantse and Various Camps, 1927-28, commencing May 22nd 1927, Gyantse, page 3]. However, Hopkinson visited the monastery on a number of occasions and this dating is, therefore, conjectural [MS 15/07/2006]

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "Palkhor Chode at Gyantse" 05 Dec. 2006. The British Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_BMH.D.22.1.html>.

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