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black and white photographs mounted on thick black paper. NOTE: rough dates derived from subject descriptions in Hicks' 'Index of negatives' found in his itinerary (GB235 HJH/4/1)

Photographs of Bhutanese Royal Family with George Sherriff & Betty Sherriff. The King is wearing a gho, the traditional and national dress for men in Bhutan. The two queens are wearing a kira, the national dress for women in Bhutan.

Left to Right:

• [unidentified child]
• George Sherriff
• Jigme Wangchuck, King of Bhutan
• [unidentified child]
• Betty Sherriff
• Ashi Phuntsho Choden, 1st queen consort
• [unidentified child]
• Ashi Pema Dechen, 2nd queen consort

Children likely that of Ashi Pema Dechen and Jigme Wangchuck: Princess (Druk Gyalsem) Choki Wangmo Wangchuck (b. 1937). Prince (Druk Gyalsey) Namgyel Wangchuck (b. 1943). Princess (Druk Gyalsem) Deki Yangzom Wangchuck (b. 1946).

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Bhutanese Royal Family

1 black and white photographs mounted on thick grey paper.

Photographs of Bhutanese houses.

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Bhutanese houses
16 Apr/49
49.A.10.7

black and white photographs mounted on thick black paper.

Photographs of Bhutanese buildings.

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black and white photograph mounted on thick black paper.

Photograph of an older Bhutanese man

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49.A.4.5

• Bertha Chandler's thesis, 1913, "The Theory and Practice of Vegetative Propagation in the Flowering Plants", illustrated by Bertha's drawings and photographs, and photographs by Robert Moyes Adam.
• 4 notebooks; Botany, May 1905 - Bertha's University of Edinburgh lecture notes; Practical Botany sketch book, Winter 1907-08, drawings and notes; Hardy Shrubs, drawings, notes and literature references, plus numerous enclosure, including partial notes for a talk on plant luminescence; and 'Where is it?' - an indexed book containing an alphabetical list of plants experimented with for Callus formation and Propagation with numerical list at end of book.
• Reprint - Utricularia emarginata by Chandler, Annals of Botany, vol. XXIV, No., XCV, July 1910, owned by Chandler.
• 7 copies of Chandler's biography for the RBGE Guild journal.

1933, April, Royal Horticultural Society; Banksian Medal Certificate for a Group of Primulas (157 x 228mm) awarded to Dr MacWatt.

•Correspondence with James Keenan, (1962-1972)

•Various copies of Isaac Bayley Balfour’s Family Tree
•Copy of the Balfour family photo album
•1 box of miscellaneous papers regarding the Balfour family tree

E. Colborne Baber ‘Royal Geographical Society Supplementary Papers Vol. I. Part 1: Travels and Researches in Western China’ London, 1882