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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Photo 20 Subject Royalty and Rulers Level [40] File

1. Photo 20(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 20(1)
Title:
Sir Ugyen Wang Chuk, Tongsa Penlop [at Tongsa, Bhutan]. Photographer: White, John Claude
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Full-length portrait of Sir Ugyen Wungchuk, Tongsa Penlop (Governor) and later Maharaja of Bhutan. This portrait also appears in The National Geographic Magazine (Apr 1914, p. 429), with the following note: 'He is shown in the doorway of his residence, wearing the in...
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 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

5. Photo 20(34)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 20(34)
Title:
The Tongsa's body-guard [Bhutan]. Photographer: White, John Claude
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Group portrait of the Tongsa Penlop's bodyguard, with Sir Ugyen Wang Chuk himself standing in the centre. The men carry circular metal shields with four large bosses and the symbol of the sun and crescent moon standing proud.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1905
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 20(35)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 20(35)
Title:
Names: Standing—Mr Claude White. Sitting (from left)—Sir Ugyen Wang Chuk, Major Rennick, Mr Paul [portrait group in Bhutan]. Photographer: White, John Claude
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Group portrait taken in the open air at an unidentified location in Bhutan. John Claude White, the photographer, stands at the back of the group. The other three sitters are, seated from left to right: Sir Ugyen Wang Chuk (Maharaja of Bhutan), Major F. W. Rennick (In...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1905
Extent:
1 item

7. 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