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Photo 20(37)
- Record Id:
- 040-003040765
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003040728
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100035586824.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100144469270.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Photo 20(37)
- Title:
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Tongsa Penlop's sister's family [Tongsa, Bhutan]. Photographer: White, John Claude
- Scope & Content:
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Genre: Portrait Photography
Group portrait, the family gathered on the entrance steps to a house. The photograph was used in The National Geographic Magazine (Apr 1914, p. 434), with the following caption: 'The Royal Family of Bhutan. On the top step stands the king, not in his robes of state but in the comfortable attire of private life [this photograph was taken before Sir Ugyen Wang Chuk became Raja]. Beside him are his sister and her two daughters, and on the right one of his nephews. The three girls in front are serving maids who wear the modern costume of their class'.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003040728
040-003040765 - 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(37) : Tongsa Penlop's sister's family [Tongsa, Bhutan]. Photographer: White, John Claude - Hierarchy:
- 032-003040728[0042]/040-003040765
- 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_100144469270.0x000001 (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: 180 mm x 304 mm
Format: Photograph Album
Secondary Support: Card
- Material Type:
- Photographs
- Legal Status:
- Not Known
- Names:
- Bhutan, Ugyen Wungchuk., Maharaja of, 1861-1926
White, John Claude, 1853-1918 - Subjects:
- Bhutan: Mission to Bhutan, 1905
Bhutias
Clothing and Dress
Ethnic groups
Families
People
Royalty and Rulers
South Asian Ethnic Groups
Traditional Dress - Places:
- Tongsa, Trongsa, Bhutan, Asia, South Asia