Chinese Gate in Gyantse
BMH.E.99.1 (Film negative)
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Key Information
Photographer
Arthur Hopkinson
Collection
A. J. Hopkinson
Date of Photo
1927 - 1928
Region
Gyantse > Chinese Gate
Accession number
BMH.E.99.1
Image Dimensions
85 x 109
Further Information
Photographic Process
Negative film nitrate
Expedition
A. J. Hopkinson's Tour of Duty as British Trade Agent, Gyantse, 1927-28
Other Information
Notes on print/mount - One contact print made from this negative is contained in A. J. Hopkinson's negative case with the negative. The caption "Old Chinese Gate at Gyantse" has been written on the back of the print in pencil, as have the references 'E99' and 'H20' [MS 31/07/2006]
Manual Catalogues -
Manual Catalogues - [Caption in A. J. Hopkinson's negative album 'Tibet E']: 'Chinese Gate - Gyantse' [MS 04/05/2006]
Other Information - Description: [Extract from taped interview, Richard Blurton and Mrs Hopkinson] '98 and 99 - the old Chinese gateway at Gyantse, with above, a small broken down temple or shrine - apparently built at the time of the Chinese occupation during the reign of the 13th Dalai Lama, when he was in exile in India' [MS 29/07/2006]
For Citation use:
The Tibet Album.
"Chinese Gate in Gyantse"
05 Dec. 2006. The British Museum.
<http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_BMH.E.99.1.html>.
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