IDNO

P.97583.WIL

Description

On Cech’s list describing prints:
“(Photos 231-247 illustrate chapter 13 of MPOW, “Bhutan comes to Calcutta”.)
240. “Tea with the Mellors at Titagarh Paper factory, 17.12.34”
240a. “Jigme, Peggy, FW, Maharani, Maharaja, Mellor (Taken by Maharaja of Sikkim)”
See ww: jigme, maharani of bhutan, maharaja of bhutan, mellor, tashi, maharaja of sikkim” [printed text]
For more information see Cech’s list.

Place

S Asia; India; Kolkata; Titagarh [Culcutta]

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

?“Jimmy” (Jigme); Margaret Williamson (Peggy); Frederick Williamson; Maharani of Bhutan; Maharaja of Bhutan; Mellor

Photographer

Palden Thondup Namgyal OBE, the Maharajah of Sikkim

Collector / Expedition

Date

17 December 1934

Collection Name

Williamson Collection

Source

Williamson, Margaret

Format

Print Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

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]

Place: The place was previously recorded as “Asia; South Asia; Titagarh” and research shows that Titagarh is an area within Kokata. The record has been amended accordingly. [Source: www.mappoint.msn.co.uk, JD 12/1/2007]

Publication: Image published in MAA's Digital Lab blog 'A Ceremonial Cup of Tea', 20 June 2023, and captioned: "Figures 3 and 4. Right – Margaret and Frederick Williamson at tea with Jigme Wangchuck, the Maharajah of Bhutan, Ashi Phuntsho Choden, the Maharani of Bhutan, and the Mellors at Titagarh Paper factory in Kolkata in 1934. Photographed by Palden Thondup Namgyal OBE, the Maharajah of Sikkim. MAA P.97583.WIL. Donated by Margaret Williamson. Williamson Collection." [Source: https://www.maadigitallab.org/blog/2023/06/20/a-ceremonial-cup-of-tea/, JD 10/07/2023]