Key Information

Photographer

Hugh E. Richardson

Collection

Hugh Richardson

Date of Photo

May 21st - 31st 1939

Region

Betsang

Accession number

2001.59.2.89.1

Image Dimensions

55 X 57 mm

Animals (most probably yaks) grazing in grassy valley in Betsang. There appears to be an encampment of black tents on the hillside on the left.

Further Information

Activity

Herding

Photographic Process

Negative film nitrate

Date Acquired

Donated August 2001

Donated by

The executors of the estate of Hugh E. Richardson

Expedition

Richardson's visit to Talung, 1939

Manual Catalogues -

Manual Catalogues - - Notes on front of negative album in Richardson's hand in white: '2' 'Ramagang, 'Ushang, Tshurphu rgyal, Misc pillars'. On the reverse of negative album written in blue ink on white labels in Richardson's hand: 'Hu zhang, Pa blon chen, Pha bong ka, Nyenchen thang lho, Rva sgreng, Khro 'brug, etc. etc.' [KC 10/3/2006]

Manual Catalogues -

Manual Catalogues - - Notes on negative index - Folio 89. 'Betsang plain'.

Manual Catalogues -

Manual Catalogues - Richardson' hand list: Album 2. [nos.] 59-61. 'The Be-tsang plain, yak grazing ground.'

Other Information - Dates

Other Information - Dates: This image can be related to a group of 13 images which have contact prints with the batch development number '512 taken on, before or just after the Talung tour in May 1939. This batch number relates also to the 512 Black for 21 6x9 images suggesting that by this time Richardson was using two cameras and that the batch numbers can also correlate with each other across print sizes [MS 17/12/2005]

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "Animals grazing in a Betsang valley" 05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_2001.59.2.89.1.html>.

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