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Photo 20(24)
- Record Id:
- 040-003040752
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003040728
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100035586819.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100144469197.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Photo 20(24)
- Title:
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Interior: Tongsa Jong [Bhutan]. Photographer: White, John Claude
- Scope & Content:
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Genre: Architectural Photography
View of a narrow paved courtyard inside the dzong, with stone steps leading to an upper level, where a group of Bhutanese are watching the photographer. The photograph also appears in The Royal Geographical Scoeity Journal (1910, p. 39) and The National Geographic Magazine (Apr 1914, p. 433), with the following caption: 'A corner in the Tongsa Jong. The fort is composed of a wonderful collection of buildings. Within its numerous courtyards, temples and dwellings it contains a population of perhaps 3,000 lamas and laymen, and could hold 6,000. Note the beautifully carved windows and the curious overhanging roofs'.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003040728
040-003040752 - 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(24) : Interior: Tongsa Jong [Bhutan]. Photographer: White, John Claude - Hierarchy:
- 032-003040728[0029]/040-003040752
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Photo 20
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100144469197.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Techniques:
- Gelatin Silver Print
Photograph
Photographic Print - Start Date:
- 1905
- End Date:
- 1905
- Date Range:
- 1905
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Appointment Required to view these records. Please consult Asian and African Studies Print Room staff.
- Physical Characteristics:
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Dimensions: 301 mm x 192 mm
Format: Photograph Album
Secondary Support: Card
- Material Type:
- Photographs
- Legal Status:
- Not Known