Ferry crossing at Chaksam across the Tsangpo river
2001.59.3.19.1 (Film negative)
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Key Information
Photographer
Hugh E. Richardson
Collection
Hugh Richardson
Date of Photo
1936-38
Region
Tsangpo Valley Region > Chaksam
Accession number
2001.59.3.19.1
Image Dimensions
85 X 56 mm
Further Information
Photographic Process
Negative film nitrate
Date Acquired
Donated August 2001
Donated by
The executors of the estate of Hugh E. Richardson
Expedition
Hugh E. Richardson
Manual Catalogues -
Manual Catalogues - Notes on negative album - '3' 'MUG, LHOBRAG GORGE. GYANTSE. KHAMPA DANCERS. CHIPSHA MEN, CHOPA, APSOS, DREPUNG. NORBULING. DEKYI. POTALA'
Manual Catalogues -
Manual Catalogues - Notes on negative index - 'Wooden ferry boat. Tsangpo'.
Other Information - The contact print of this image is distinctive for having been printed out on Agfa Lupex paper and also for having a highly decorative edge, created by using a specialist guillotine. There are 15 prints of this type in the Richardson collection in the Pitt Rivers Museum, and they all relate to scenes in and around Lhasa, or en route to the city, and to have been taken between 1936-8. This was the time at which Richardson first used a Zeiss Super Ikonta camera, with which he took his 6x9 images and the attention to detail in decorating the print edge may reflect his early enthusiasm for this relatively new camera and its products [MS 17/12/2005]
For Citation use:
The Tibet Album.
"Ferry crossing at Chaksam across the Tsangpo river"
05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum.
<http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_2001.59.3.19.1.html>.
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