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Photo 20(31)
- Record Id:
- 040-003040759
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003040728
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100035586822.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100144469236.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Photo 20(31)
- Title:
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House near Bya-gha [Byakar, Bhutan]. Photographer: White, John Claude
- Scope & Content:
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Genre: Architectural Photography
View looking along the hillside, with a three-storey private house with ornate decorative woodwork on the exterior in the foreground. This is identified in The National Geographic Magazine (Apr 1914, p. 447) as 'The picturesque summer residence of Sir Ugyen's sister at Sangachoiling, situated about four miles north of Byagha'. (Angdu Choling appears to be south of Byagha in the map that appears in White's 'Sikhim and Bhutan'). Duplicate at Photo 613, captioned 'Thaling Lama's House, Angducholing'.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003040728
040-003040759 - 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(31) : House near Bya-gha [Byakar, Bhutan]. Photographer: White, John Claude - Hierarchy:
- 032-003040728[0036]/040-003040759
- 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_100144469236.0x000001 (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:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Dimensions: 240 mm x 291 mm
Format: Photograph Album
Secondary Support: Card
- Material Type:
- Photographs
- Legal Status:
- Not Known
- Names:
- White, John Claude, 1853-1918
- Subjects:
- Architectural Types
Architecture
Bhutan: Mission to Bhutan, 1905
Dwellings
Houses - Places:
- South Asia, Asia