Mostly Cloudy, 64°F
Mostly Cloudy, 64°F
China, Kan-su (Cho-ni). The Prince of Cho-ni, Yang T’u-ssu. Photo by J. F. Rock, April 24, 1925. Diary, vol. II, p. 150. [Information from label on verso of photo mount.] Front view. 16.5 x 12 cm. (photo), 24 x 30 cm. (board). Gelatin silver process on paper.
[Title from recto of photo mount.]
Photograph by Joseph Francis Charles Rock (1884-1962), United States, Austria
Subject: Yang Chi-ching (n.d.), Tibetan
Co ne Bshad grub gling, Liulin, Gansu Sheng, China
April 24, 1925
A larger version of this image is available in Harvard University’s Visual Information Access (VIA) catalog.
Excerpt from Joseph Francis Charles Rock diary, April 24, 1925:
“I photographed the Prince of Cho-ne in his native Tibetan dress, he wore high boots with red and blue borders, a blue fur-lined coat, and a fur cap with a cornucopia-like extension. A huge sword in his belt.” (150)
[Citation/References: Rock, Joseph Francis Charles, Diary, 1924-1927, vol. 2, Archives, Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh Library.]
Many thousands more Botanical and Cultural Images of Eastern Asia, details on the life and travels of Joseph Rock, and of other plant explorers are available in our Image Collection.
The Archive Collection of the Arnold Arboretum also holds the Joseph Francis Charles Rock (1884-1962) papers, 1922-1962.
Copyright © 1924-2003, President and Fellows of Harvard College; all rights reserved.