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Sir Ugyen Wangchuck and his family, 1905
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Sir Ugyen Wangchuck (center) and his family — in Punakha, the old capital of Bhutan, in 1905.
Front row - eldest daughter of Thimbu Dzongpen, Trongsa Penlop, sister of Trongsa Penlop.
Back row (on verandah) - younger daughter also married to nephew, grandson of Trongsa Penlop, eldest daughter of Trongsa Penlop's sister, eldest daughter married to nephew of Trongsa Penlop. Top left, his wife Tsundue Pema Lhamo and their son, Jigme Wangchuck.
He became the first King of Bhutan in 1907.
White created a rich and detailed photographic account of the culture and scenery of the Himalayas during his travels through the region. John Falconer, curator of photographs at the British Library’s Oriental and India Office Collections described White's work as "probably one of the last, and certainly among the most impressive products of a tradition of quasi-amateur photography which had flourished among administrators and military personnel in India since the 1850s." The 2005 book In the Shadow of the Himalayas: Tibet, Bhutan, Nepal, Sikkim : a Photographic Record by John Claude White, 1883–1908 contains an anthology of Himalayan photos taken by White.
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Sir Ugyen Wangchuck and his family, 1905
Punakha, Bhutan
A photograph of Sir Ugyen Wangchuck, the first Druk Gyalpo (King) of Bhutan, with his family.
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