Young monks listening to gramophone

Young monks listening to gramophone

BMH.D.46.1 (Film negative)

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Key Information

Photographer

Arthur Hopkinson

Collection

A. J. Hopkinson

Date of Photo

1927 - 1928

Region

Gyantse Region

Accession number

BMH.D.46.1

Image Dimensions

85 x 116

Two young monks listening to a gramophone in a park. A tent can be seen in the background, whilst a dog can be seen in the lower right of the image. The gramophone has been placed upon a painted table with a striped cloth over. Another young boy in shorts and western-style clothes stands beside the young monks

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 - 'D-46' has been written on the left side of the image in blue-black ink [MS 17/07/2006]

Manual Catalogues -


Manual Catalogues - [Caption in A. J. Hopkinson's negative album 'Tibet D']: '2 small monks listening to gramophone' [MS 28/04/2006]

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "Young monks listening to gramophone" 05 Dec. 2006. The British Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_BMH.D.46.1.html>.

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