BMH.E.58.1 (Film negative)
Raw Image
Arthur Hopkinson
A. J. Hopkinson
December 25th 1927?
Gyantse > Fort
BMH.E.58.1
85 x 110
Negative film nitrate
A. J. Hopkinson's Tour of Duty as British Trade Agent, Gyantse, 1927-28
Manual Catalogues - [Caption in A. J. Hopkinson's negative album 'Tibet E']: 'Xmas Day 1927 - sweets distributed to children' [MS 04/05/2006]
Other Information - Description: [Extract from taped interview, Richard Blurton and Mrs Hopkinson] '57, 58 and 59 - distribution of sweets to local children at Christmas, with Europeans above, Tibetans below' [MS 29/07/2006]
Other Information - Dates: For dating of image, see A. J. Hopkinson Archive, OIOC British Library, Mss Eur D998/54, Journal Letters from Gyantse and Various Camps, 1927-28, commencing December 24th 1927, Gyantse, pages 4-7 [MS 31/07/2006]
For Citation use:
The Tibet Album.
"Distributing sweets to Tibetan children at Christmas"
05 Dec. 2006. The British Museum.
<http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_BMH.E.58.1.html>.
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