Key Information

Photographer

Arthur Hopkinson

Collection

A. J. Hopkinson

Date of Photo

1928

Named Person

Lieutenant Sangster, Captain Mulligan

Region

Gyantse > Fort

Accession number

BMH.F.81.1

Image Dimensions

85 x 109

A view of Gyantse Fort with the dzong in the distance, taken from across the river close to the Fort. Lieutenant Sangster [right) and Captain Mulligan [left] sit on the banks of the river opposite

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 - 'F-81' has been written on the bottom right edge of the negative in blue-black ink [MS 11/08/2006]

Manual Catalogues -

Manual Catalogues - [Caption in A. J. Hopkinson's negative album 'Tibet F']: 'Fort from W [west]' [MS 05/05/2006]

Other Information - Description: [Extract from taped interview, Richard Blurton and Mrs Hopkinson] '81 - Sangster and Mulligan on the banks of the Amu-chu, the Fort beyond, and the dzong in the background' [MS 11/08/2006]

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "Mulligan and Sangster view the Fort near Gyantse" 05 Dec. 2006. The British Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_BMH.F.81.1.html>.

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