Distributing sweets to Tibetan children at Christmas
BMH.E.57.1 (Film negative)
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Key Information
Photographer
Arthur Hopkinson
Collection
A. J. Hopkinson
Date of Photo
December 25th 1927?
Named Person
Captain Dean
Region
Gyantse > Fort
Accession number
BMH.E.57.1
Image Dimensions
85 x 106
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 - 'E 57' has been written on the lower right edge of the negative in black ink [MS 31/07/2006]
Manual Catalogues -
Manual Catalogues - [Caption in A. J. Hopkinson's negative album 'Tibet E']: 'Xmas Day 1927 - sweets distributed to children' [MS 04/05/2006]
Other Information - Description: [Extract from taped interview, Richard Blurton and Mrs Hopkinson] '57, 58 and 59 - distribution of sweets to local children at Christmas, with Europeans above, Tibetans below' [MS 29/07/2006]
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 December 24th 1927, Gyantse, pages 4-7 [MS 31/07/2006]
For Citation use:
The Tibet Album.
"Distributing sweets to Tibetan children at Christmas"
05 Dec. 2006. The British Museum.
<http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_BMH.E.57.1.html>.
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