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Photo 20(26)

Record Id:

040-003040754

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-003040728

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100035590268.0x000001

LARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100144469207.0x000001

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Photo 20(26)

Title:

Interior of middle court—Tongsa Jong [?or Byakar Dzong, Bhutan]. Photographer: White, John Claude

Scope & Content:

Genre: Architectural Photography

View looking down onto and along a narrow paved courtyard, with balconies rising on both sides. The caption appears to be incorrect, and White's own caption for this print in The National Geographic Magazine (Apr 1914, p. 437), identifies it as Sir Ugyen Penlop's palace at Byagarh, some 30 miles east of Tongsa: 'This fortress - the Byagha Jong - is the family residence of the present king. It shows how interesting and picturesque the buildings in Bhutan are. In the background is the band of musicians which welcomed the author to the castle. In the center of the courtyard is the royal bathroom, consisting of three tree-trunks hollowed out to serve as baths'. See also print 30, similarly miscaptioned.

Collection Area:

Visual Arts

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-003040728
040-003040754

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(26) : Interior of middle court—Tongsa Jong [?or Byakar Dzong, Bhutan]. Photographer: White, John Claude

Hierarchy:

032-003040728[0031]/040-003040754

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_100144469207.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)

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Languages:

Not applicable

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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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