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Photo 430/53(84)
- Record Id:
- 041-003085220
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 040-003085136
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100025862941.0x000fc7
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Photo 430/53(84)
- Title:
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The Tongsa Penlop [Lhasa]. Photographer: White, John Claude
- Scope & Content:
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Genre: Portrait Photography
Full-length standing portrait of Sir Ugyen Wungchuk. Another copy at Photo 1084/2 (44) in White's 'Tibet and Lhasa' (Calcutta, [c. 1906]), where the caption reads: 'The Tongsa-Penlop is the vitual ruler of Bhutan...He accompanied the Mission to Lhasa and was unceasing in his efforts to promote a settlement. He is a most cheery person and thoroughly enjoyed his trip. The tall man on the right is Ugyen Kazi, who resides at Kalimpong, near Darjeeling, but has a big estate in Bhutan, and acts as British intermediary with that country'.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003082259
040-003085136
041-003085220 - Is part of:
- Photo 430 : Curzon Collection
Photo 430/53 : Curzon Collection: 'Tibet'. Photographer(s): White, John Claude
Photo 430/53(84) : The Tongsa Penlop [Lhasa]. Photographer: White, John Claude - Hierarchy:
- 032-003082259[0053]/040-003085136[0084]/041-003085220
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Photo 430
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Techniques:
- Photograph
Photographic Print
Platinum Print - Start Date:
- 1904
- End Date:
- 1904
- Date Range:
- c Sep 1904
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Dimensions: 286 mm x 242 mm
Format: Photograph Album
Secondary Support: Card
- Material Type:
- Photographs
- Legal Status:
- Not Known
- Names:
- Bhutan, Ugyen Wungchuk., Maharaja of, 1861-1926
Bhutan, Ugyen Wungchuk., Maharaja of, 1861-1926
Kazi, Ugyen, fl 1904
Kazi, Ugyen, fl 1904
White, John Claude, 1853-1918 - Subjects:
- Clothing and Dress
Curzon Collection
Military Campaigns and Battles
Named Collections
Royalty and Rulers
Younghusband Mission, Tibet (1903-1904) - Places:
- Lhasa, Tibet, Xizang, China, Asia