Palkhor Chode at Gyantse

Palkhor Chode at Gyantse

BMH.D.24.1 (Film negative)

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Key Information

Photographer

Arthur Hopkinson

Collection

A. J. Hopkinson

Date of Photo

1927. March 19th 1927 or May 5th 1927?

Region

Gyantse > Palkhor Chode > Kumbum

Accession number

BMH.D.24.1

Image Dimensions

85 x 113

A view of the Kumbum, the great chorten at Gyantse with other monastic buildings in the background. The precinct wall surrounding the monastery can be see on the summit of the hill behind

Further Information

Photographic Process

Negative film nitrate

Expedition

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

Manual Catalogues -

Manual Catalogues - [Caption in A. J. Hopkinson's negative album 'Tibet D']: 'PAL-KHOR CHOI-DEN' [MS 28/04/2006]

Other Information - Dates


Other Information - Dates: This photograph was taken in 1927 and two dates seem most likely. The first is that of March 19th, when Hopkinson comments in his journal that he visited to the photographs and took lots of photographs [A. J. Hopkinson Archive, OIOC British Library, Mss Eur D998/54, Journal Letters from Gyantse and Various Camps, 1927-28, commencing March 20th 1927, Gyantse, pages 6-9]. The second is that of May 5th when Hopkinson again visited the monastery with Colonel Eliot [A. J. Hopkinson Archive, OIOC British Library, Mss Eur D998/54, Journal Letters from Gyantse and Various Camps, 1927-28, commencing May 22nd 1927, Gyantse, page 3]. However, Hopkinson visited the monastery on a number of occasions and this dating is, therefore, conjectural [MS 15/07/2006]

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "Palkhor Chode at Gyantse" 05 Dec. 2006. The British Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_BMH.D.24.1.html>.

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