Period:Unknown Production date:1927-1928
Materials:plastic
Technique:photographic process
Subjects:harness/trappings soldier
Dimensions:Height: 85 millimetres Width: 108 millimetres
Description:
Negative (black and white); Sikh soldiers in the mounted escort formed from the 13th Frontier Force, which resided at the Fort in Gyantse while the British Trade Agency was there. Here the soldiers are lined up adjacent to one of the temples in Gyantse Monastery. The walls of the monastery precinct can be seen on the hillside above. The soldier on the extreme left carries a furled Union Jack flag. A small crowd of Tibetan people looks on in the background. Tibet. Photographic process
IMG
![图片[1]-negative (polymer film)(black and white) BM-2015-OA+.455-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Unknown/43/mid_bmh_f_40_1_O.jpg)
Comments:This negative is kept in one of several original wallets used by Hopkinson.. Image taken during A. J. Hopkinson’s Tour of Duty as British Trade Agent, Gyantse, 1927-28.
Materials:plastic
Technique:photographic process
Subjects:harness/trappings soldier
Dimensions:Height: 85 millimetres Width: 108 millimetres
Description:
Negative (black and white); Sikh soldiers in the mounted escort formed from the 13th Frontier Force, which resided at the Fort in Gyantse while the British Trade Agency was there. Here the soldiers are lined up adjacent to one of the temples in Gyantse Monastery. The walls of the monastery precinct can be seen on the hillside above. The soldier on the extreme left carries a furled Union Jack flag. A small crowd of Tibetan people looks on in the background. Tibet. Photographic process
IMG
![图片[1]-negative (polymer film)(black and white) BM-2015-OA+.455-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Unknown/43/mid_bmh_f_40_1_O.jpg)
Comments:This negative is kept in one of several original wallets used by Hopkinson.. Image taken during A. J. Hopkinson’s Tour of Duty as British Trade Agent, Gyantse, 1927-28.
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