Competitor at Gyantse Gun and Arrow competition
BMH.C.31.1 (Contact Print)
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Key Information
Photographer
Arthur Hopkinson
Collection
A. J. Hopkinson
Date of Photo
June 21st 1927?
Region
Gyantse > Paper Factory
Accession number
BMH.C.31.1
Image Dimensions
80 x 106
Further Information
Photographic Process
Print gelatin silver
Expedition
A. J. Hopkinson's Tour of Duty as British Trade Agent, Gyantse, 1927-28
Other Information
Notes on print/mount - The original negative from which this print was developed is missing. Two contact prints, made using Velox paper, are placed in the original negative sleeve, although neither of them has any inscription on the back and the brand name style suggests that they were made sometime after the original photograph was taken [MS 03/07/2006]
Manual Catalogues -
Manual Catalogues - [Caption in A. J. Hopkinson's negative album 'Tibet C']: 'Competitors [at 'mounted arrow shooting']' [MS 28/04/2006]
Other Information - Description: [Extract from taped interview, Richard Blurton and Mrs Hopkinson] 'A competitor' [MS 03/07/2006]
Other Information - Dates
Other Information - Dates: For dating of image and further description, see A. J. Hopkinson Archive, OIOC British Library, Mss Eur D998/54, Journal Letters from Gyantse and Various Camps, 1927-28, commencing June 26th 1927, Gyantse, pages 1-3 [MS 01/07/2006]
For Citation use:
The Tibet Album.
"Competitor at Gyantse Gun and Arrow competition"
05 Dec. 2006. The British Museum.
<http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_BMH.C.31.1.html>.
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