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Collection Area Visual Arts Language Not applicable Place Punakha, Bhutan, Asia

1. Photo 20(15)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 20(15)
Title:
Durbar held when the Tongsa Penlop was presented with the insignia of the K.C.I.E. [Punakha, Bhutan]. Photographer: White, John Claude
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events View inside the durbar hall in the palace at Punakha. White's caption also supplies the following identifications of figures in the photograph: seated along left wall - Subadar Jahandad Khan (40th Pathans), A. W. Paul, Major Rennick, John Claude White; centre - Deb Raja...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1905
Extent:
1 item

2. Photo 20(16)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 20(16)
Title:
The Deb Raja [of Bhutan]. Photographer: White, John Claude
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Full-length portrait of Cho-le Tul-Ku, Deb Raja of Bhutan, seated behind a low table on which stand various metalware artefacts. The Deb Raja was the elected temporal ruler of Bhutan, as opposed to the spiritual ruler, the Dharma Raja. On the death of Cho-le Tul-Ku i...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1905
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 20(17)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 20(17)
Title:
Bhutan Council. Photographer: White, John Claude
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Group portrait of Sir Ugyen Wungchuk and his councillors. The front row are identified as follows: son of Thimbu Jongpen, Punakha Jongpen, Thimbu Jongpen, Tongsa Penlop, Zung Donyer [dronyer], Deb Zimpon, and elder son of Thimbu Jongpen. The Imperial Gazetteer of In...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1905
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 613(15)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 613(15)
Title:
[View of durbar at which the Tongsa Penlop was presented with the insignia of the K.C.I.E., Punakha, Bhutan.] Photographer: White, John Claude
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events See Notes with the catalogue entry for the duplicate print at Photo 20 (15). Subjects = Bhutanese architecture; durbar halls; durbars; interiors; investitures; palaces
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1905
Extent:
1 item