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Photo 20(17)

Record Id:

040-003040745

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-003040728

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100035586815.0x000001

LARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100144467467.0x000001

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

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 India defines the office of Deb Zimpon as a 'sort of private secretary to the Deb Raja' and the dronyer as the official in charge in the absence of the Tongsa. A similar portrait, taken on the same occasion, appears in The National Geographic Magazine (Apr 1914, p. 412), which in addition to identifying the elder son of Thimbu Jongpen as Uegn Dorji, describes the retinue of standard bearers and armed guards not visible in the photograph. Probably photographed at Punakha.

Collection Area:

Visual Arts

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-003040728
040-003040745

Is part of:

Photo 20 : 'Bhutan. Photographs taken by J. C. White Esq., C.I.E. during his mission in that country in 1905.' Photographer(s): White, John…

Photo 20(17) : Bhutan Council. Photographer: White, John Claude

Hierarchy:

032-003040728[0022]/040-003040745

Container:

View / search within Archive / Collection: Photo 20

Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

1 item

Digitised Content:

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Languages:

Not applicable

Scripts:

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Techniques:

Gelatin Silver Print
Photograph
Photographic Print

Start Date:

1905

End Date:

1905

Date Range:

1905

Era:

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