The Residency, Gangtok, from above, showing lawn, flagstaff and washing. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
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Genre: Architectural Photography General view looking down onto Residency buildings and garden, with washing laid out on the ground to dry in right background. Subjects = Bell Collection; British colonial architecture; European architecture in India; gardens; residencies
Rai Bahadur Achuk Tsering. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
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Genre: Portrait Photography Full-length standing portrait, posed beside a wall. Achuk Tsering was Bell's clerk for many years, and accompanied him as personal assistant on his mission to Lhasa in 1920 (where he died in December of that year). Possibly photographed during the mission. Another co...
Cho-le Tru ku, later Deb Raja of Bhutan. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
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Genre: Portrait Photography Seated portrait of Deb Raja, flanked by two attendants. Subjects = Bell Collection; Bhutanese rulers; Bhutias (ethnic group); ethnic groups