Gyantse Bazaar
BMH.F.38.1 (Film negative)
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Key Information
Photographer
Arthur Hopkinson
Collection
A. J. Hopkinson
Date of Photo
January - February 1928?
Region
Gyantse > Bazaar >
Accession number
BMH.F.38.1
Image Dimensions
85 x 115
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 print was made using Velox paper. 'F.38' has been written on the back of the print in pencil, as well as in the top right corner on the front of the negative [MS 11/08/2006]
Manual Catalogues -
Manual Catalogues - [Caption in A. J. Hopkinson's negative album 'Tibet F']: 'Gyantse bazar scenes - Khambas buying charm boxes' [MS 04/05/2006]
Other Information - Description: [Extract from taped interview, Richard Blurton and Mrs Hopkinson] '38 - the bazaar in Gyantse, with the precinct walls in the background. (?) Carpenters tools for sale' [MS 10/08/2006]
Other Information - Dates
Other Information - Dates: This photograph may have been taken in late January or early February 1928. A. J. Hopkinson had clearly started to use his 'F' box of negatives in the early part of 1928 as he was able to send the first batch of photographs with this reference [F1 - F21] to Eleanor Hopkinson on February 2nd 1928 [A. J. Hopkinson Archive, OIOC British Library, Mss Eur D998/54, Journal Letters from Gyantse and Various Camps, 1927-28, commencing February 5th 1928, Gyantse, page 3]. In the same correspondence he also states that he has recently been taking a lot of photographs around Gyantse bazaar [ibid., pp. 2-3] [MS 12/08/2006]
For Citation use:
The Tibet Album.
"Gyantse Bazaar"
05 Dec. 2006. The British Museum.
<http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_BMH.F.38.1.html>.
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