Key Information

Photographer

Arthur Hopkinson

Collection

A. J. Hopkinson

Date of Photo

March 14th 1927

Region

Gyantse (from dzong)

Accession number

BMH.B.42.1

Image Dimensions

85 x 109

A view of Gyantse as seen from the Dzong. The walls of the town, the Kumbum or great chorten of Gyantse, the monastery and the settlements around the monastic buildings can all be seen clearly from this vantage point. Hopkinson probably took this photograph on the afternoon of March 14th 1927 when he went to repay the calls of the two Dzongpon who had visited him previously

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-42' has been written on the left side of the negative in blue black ink [MS 30/06/2006]

Notes on print/mount - The caption 'Gyantse fr. Jong' has been written on the back of the print in pencil, as have the two reference numbers 'B 42' and 'H6'

Manual Catalogues -

Manual Catalogues - [Caption in A. J. Hopkinson's negative album 'Tibet B']: '42 - Ditto [View of Gyantse from Jong]' [MS 22/04/2006]

Other Information - Dates

Other Information - Dates: For dating of image, see A. J. Hopkinson Archive, OIOC British Library, Mss Eur D998/54, Journal Letters from Gyantse and Various Camps, 1927-28, commencing March 13th 1927, Gyantse, pages 5-6 [MS 30/06/2006]

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "Gyantse from the dzong" 05 Dec. 2006. The British Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_BMH.B.42.1.html>.

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