Cholung Ritro near Gyantse

Cholung Ritro near Gyantse

BMH.A.13.1 (Film negative)

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Key Information

Photographer

Arthur Hopkinson

Collection

A. J. Hopkinson

Date of Photo

January 15th 1927

Region

Gyantse Region > Cholung Ritro

Accession number

BMH.A.13.1

Image Dimensions

85 x 113 mm

Cholung Hermitage or Ritro to the north east of Gyantse in January 1927. Hopkinson states he had visited the hermitage to ask permission to transplant some of the wild roses that grew there in the spring [A. J. Hopkinson Archive, OIOC British Library, Mss Eur D998/53, Letters mainly from Gyantse 1926-27, Diary January 16th dated Gyantse 21 Jan 1927, 1927, page A-C]

Further Information

Photographic Process

Negative film nitrate

Expedition

A. J. Hopkinson's Tour of Duty as British Trade Agent, Gyantse, 1927-28

Previous Catologue Number

9

Other Information

In Negative - 'A13' has been written on the right edge of the negative in black ink. The negative has been machine perforated down the right hand side. 18 holes have been perforated in total [MS 05/05/2006]

Notes on print/mount - Two contact prints made from this negative are contained in A. J. Hopkinson's negative case with the negative. The older print appears to have been removed from an album, as there are traces of black mounting paper around the edges of the print as if it has been taken out after previously being glued in place. A partially decipherable caption has been written on the back in pencil: "The Monastery - Ri-ton - Mountain Retreat to N [?] of Gyantse, which I [visited?] in January. The tree [?] juniper and the bush a [?]". The number 9 has been written on the front top right corner in pencil. The second contact print has 'A.13' written in the top left corner of the print on the back in pencil and the caption 'A typical monastery [HG and Mony deleted] nr. Gyantse" [MS 24/06/2006]

Manual Catalogues -


Manual Catalogues - [Caption in A. J. Hopkinson's negative album 'Tibet A - A. J. Hopkinson ICS Gyantse via Siliguri]: 'Ditto [Cholung Monastery nr. Gyantse] View of monastery' [MS 28/04/2006]

Other Information - Description: [Extract from taped interview, Richard Blurton and Mrs Hopkinson] '13 - a small monastery outside Gyantse - perhaps the same one as seen in 16. The large red building is the temple, while the white-washed buildings are the monastic buildings' [MS 21/04/2006]

Other Information - Dates


Other Information - Dates: For dating of image, see A. J. Hopkinson Archive, OIOC British Library, Mss Eur D998/53, Letters mainly from Gyantse 1926-27, Diary January 16th dated Gyantse 21 Jan 1927, pages A-C [MS 24/06/2006]

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "Cholung Ritro near Gyantse" 05 Dec. 2006. The British Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_BMH.A.13.1.html>.

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