Chomolhari from Phari
BMH.A.38.1 (Film negative)
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Key Information
Photographer
Arthur Hopkinson
Collection
A. J. Hopkinson
Date of Photo
January 21st 1927?
Region
Chumbi Valley Region > Chomolhari (from Phari)
Accession number
BMH.A.38.1
Image Dimensions
111 x 85
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 - 'A38' has been written on the top edge of the negative in black ink. [MS 12/05/2006]
Notes on print/mount - One contact print made from this negative is contained in A. J. Hopkinson's negative case with the negative. A caption has been written on the back in pencil: "A J Hopkinson - Chomolhari 23,930 feet high - A 38". [MS 24/06/2006]
Manual Catalogues -
Manual Catalogues - [Caption in A. J. Hopkinson's negative album 'Tibet A - A. J. Hopkinson ICS Gyantse via Siliguri]: 'Chomolhari fr. Phari' [MS 28/04/2006]
Other Information - Description: [Extract from taped interview, Richard Blurton and Mrs Hopkinson] '38 - Chomolhari from Phari' [MS 21/04/2006]
Other Information - Dates
Other Information - Dates: This image was probably taken when Hopkinson was travelling back to Yatung from Gyantse between January 17th and 26th 1927. He was in Phari on January 21st 1927. For dating of image, see A. J. Hopkinson Archive, OIOC British Library, Mss Eur D998/53, Letters mainly from Gyantse 1926-27, letter dated January 21 1927,pages 1 - 16 [MS 24/06/2006]
For Citation use:
The Tibet Album.
"Chomolhari from Phari"
05 Dec. 2006. The British Museum.
<http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_BMH.A.38.1.html>.
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