IDNO

P.96676.WIL

Description

On Cech’s list describing prints:
“F. W. became Political Officer in Sikkim on January 4th, 1933.
(Photos 53-75: in and around Paro MPOW: 70-73)
72. “Paro Penlop, Tennant, Samdup 25.6.33”
See gi: Paro Penlop, Tennant, Samdup
The colour of the Penlop’s ceremonial shawl is most probably red.” [printed text]
For more information see Cech’s list.

Place

S Asia; Bhutan; Paro

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Paro Penlop (Tsering Peljor); Captain David Tennant; Samdup

Photographer

Williamson, Frederick

Collector / Expedition

Date

25 June 1933

Collection Name

Williamson Collection

Source

Williamson, Margaret

Format

Print Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

Publication: Photograph published in Williamson, Margaret, 1987. Memoirs of a Political Officer’s Wife (Wisdom Publication, London) See photo opposite page 64 photo plate 5. [Dawa Dem 19/9/2008]
Page 70; noting; The Paro Penlop ( Governor) turned out to be fat, bald and amiable man in his mid-thirties and unmarried” [Dawa Dem 19/9/2008]

The transcription of this album by Mark Turin and Sara Shneiderman was carried out with reference to Krystina Cech’s catalogue list alone. Alex Nadin has since revised their cataloguing by systematically matching their records to the images. Margaret Williamson’s handwritten captions for photographs have now been transcribed into the Inscription field, and Cech’s descriptions appear in the Description field. Correct entries for Place, Named Person and Other Nos. have also been entered by Alex Nadin. [Sudeshna Guha 29/10/2002]