Blind woman beggar with prayer wheel
BMH.G.27.1 (Film negative)
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Key Information
Photographer
Arthur Hopkinson
Collection
A. J. Hopkinson
Date of Photo
1927 - 1928
Region
Gyantse >
Accession number
BMH.G.27.1
Image Dimensions
85 x 114
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 - 'G-27' has been written along the top edge of the negative in blue-black ink [MS 19/08/2006]
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. The caption 'A typical beggar at Gyantse' has been written on the back of the print in pencil [MS 19/08/2006]
Manual Catalogues -
Manual Catalogues - [Caption in A. J. Hopkinson's negative album 'Tibet G']: 'Blind beggar' [MS 05/05/2006]
Other Information - Description: [Extract from taped interview, Richard Blurton and Mrs Hopkinson] 'Gyantse - blind beggar with leather covered prayer wheel, sitting before her house. Smallpox was very common' [MS 12/08/2006]
For Citation use:
The Tibet Album.
"Blind woman beggar with prayer wheel"
05 Dec. 2006. The British Museum.
<http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_BMH.G.27.1.html>.
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