IDNO

P.97660.WIL

Description

On Cech’s list describing prints:
"(Photos 7-35 were taken in and around Gangtok)
29. "Chuni with Maharaja at Gangtok, 18.2.35 (Peggy)"
In front of the residency; the King is wearing a Bhutanese crown." [printed text]
For more information see Cech’s list.

Place

S Asia; India; Sikkim; Gangtok

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Chuni; Maharaja of Bhutan

Photographer

?Williamson, Margaret

Collector / Expedition

Date

18 February 1935

Collection Name

Williamson Collection

Source

Williamson, Margaret

Format

Print Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

Named Person: The second king of Bhutan, Jigme Wangchuck wearing his royal crown and wearing a silk gho. In the background we can see the traditonal soilders. [Dawa Dem 23/9/2008]

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]