An old lady at Pema

An old lady at Pema

BMH.B.54.1 (Film negative)

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Key Information

Photographer

Arthur Hopkinson

Collection

A. J. Hopkinson

Date of Photo

1927 - 1928

Region

Gyantse Region > Pema

Accession number

BMH.B.54.1

Image Dimensions

115 x 85

This photograph is captioned by Hopkinson as 'Old lady at Pema' and it shows a woman carrying a prayer wheel and rosary beads. A stonework wall can be seen 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 - 'B-54' has been written across the top of the negative in blue-black ink [MS 30/06/2006]

Manual Catalogues -


Manual Catalogues - [Caption in A. J. Hopkinson's negative album 'Tibet B']: '54 - Old lady at Pema' [MS 22/04/2006]

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "An old lady at Pema" 05 Dec. 2006. The British Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_BMH.B.54.1.html>.

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