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1. Photo 20(25)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 20(25)
Title:
Tongsa Penlop [Sir Ugyen Wang Chuk] and family [Tongsa, Bhutan]. Photographer: White, John Claude
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Group portrait, posed in front of the wooden verandah of a house. The figures in the photograph are identified as follows: front row—eldest daughter of Thimbu Jongpen, Tongsa Penlop, sister of Tongsa Penlop; back row (on verandah)—younger daughter also married to nep...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1905
Extent:
1 item

2. Photo 20(37)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 20(37)
Title:
Tongsa Penlop's sister's family [Tongsa, Bhutan]. Photographer: White, John Claude
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Group portrait, the family gathered on the entrance steps to a house. The photograph was used in The National Geographic Magazine (Apr 1914, p. 434), with the following caption: 'The Royal Family of Bhutan. On the top step stands the king, not in his robes of state b...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1905
Extent:
1 item