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Collection Area Visual Arts Archive Reference (shelfmark) Photo 20

11. Photo 20(10)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 20(10)
Title:
Mendong (prayer wall) dividing monastic from lay quarters: Tashichhu Jong [Thimphu, Bhutan]. Photographer: White, John Claude
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View looking towards the citadel in the background beyond the prayer wall, and orderlies standing in the paved courtyard in the foreground. This photograph also appears in The National Geographic Magazine (Apr 1914, p.395). Duplicate at Photo 613 (7), captioned ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1905
Extent:
1 item

12. Photo 20(11)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 20(11)
Title:
Interior of main courtyard: Tashichhu Jong [Thimphu, Bhutan]. Photographer: White, John Claude
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View looking across the wide paved courtyard towards buildings of the dzong. Photograph also appears in The National Geographic Magazine (Apr 1914, p. 397) with the following caption: 'A courtyard at Tashi-Cho-Jong, with the Citadel on the left and a fine chorte...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1905
Extent:
1 item

13. Photo 20(12)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 20(12)
Title:
Abbot of the Tatshang Lamas at Tashichhu Jong [Thimphu, Bhutan]. Photographer: White, John Claude
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Group portrait of the Abbot and monls, standing in front of an elaborately carved doorway in the monastery. Duplicate at Photo 613 (9), captioned 'Taloo Gompa Gateway. Lama Brother of the late Dharma Raja'.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1905
Extent:
1 item

14. Photo 20(13)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 20(13)
Title:
Punakha from the right bank of the Po Chhu [Bhutan]. Photographer: White, John Claude
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View looking along the bank of the Po Chhu (a tributary of the Sankosh River) towards a covered bridge and the dzong at Punakha, the former capital of Bhutan; with terraced hills beyond. Photograph also used in The Royal Geographical Society Journal (1910, p. 28...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1905
Extent:
1 item

15. Photo 20(14)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 20(14)
Title:
Punakha from the Mo Chhu [Bhutan]. Photographer: White, John Claude
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Closer view of a covered bridge over the Mo Chhu (Sankosh River), with the citadel of Punakha Dzong beyond. This photograph is also used in The National Geographic Magazine (Apr 1914, p. 404), with the following caption: 'Poonakha, showing the bridge over the Mo...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1905
Extent:
1 item

16. 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

17. 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

18. 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

19. Photo 20(18)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 20(18)
Title:
Sole entrance of Angduphorang Jong [Wangdue Phodrang, Bhutan]. Photographer: White, John Claude
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View from the hillside looking down onto the dzong or fort at Wangdue Phodrang. The entrance consists of a flight of steps leading up to the fortified doorway. Wangdue Phodrang is situated on the Sankosh River about ten miles south of Punakha. This photograph al...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1905
Extent:
1 item

20. Photo 20(19)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 20(19)
Title:
Interior of second court: Angduphorang [Wangdue Phodrang, Bhutan]. Photographer: White, John Claude
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Looking across a narrow paved courtyard towards a flight of stone steps leading up to a doorway. Photograph also appears in The National Geographic Magazine (Apr 1914, p. 438), with the following note: 'A typical courtyard. The Bhutanese are very clever builders...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1905
Extent:
1 item