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![[Reproduction of print showing Virgin in enclosed garden]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1915/01/01/reproduction-of-print-showing-virgin-in-enclosed-garden-2-640.jpg "[Reproduction of print showing Virgin in enclosed garden]")
![Bufford's vegetable cards, no. 790-2 [cotton] / Bufford.](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1887/01/01/buffords-vegetable-cards-no-790-2-cotton-bufford-640.jpg "Bufford's vegetable cards, no. 790-2 [cotton] / Bufford.")
![[King Palden Thondup Namgyal accepting scarves, including one scarf from Alice Kandell, at his coronation, Gangtok, Sikkim]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1965/01/01/king-palden-thondup-namgyal-accepting-scarves-including-one-scarf-from-alice-640.jpg "[King Palden Thondup Namgyal accepting scarves, including one scarf from Alice Kandell, at his coronation, Gangtok, Sikkim]")
![[Royal family looks on during coronation ceremony of Palden Thondup Namgyal and Hope Cooke, Gangtok, Sikkim]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1965/01/01/royal-family-looks-on-during-coronation-ceremony-of-palden-thondup-namgyal-640.jpg "[Royal family looks on during coronation ceremony of Palden Thondup Namgyal and Hope Cooke, Gangtok, Sikkim]")
![[Palden Thondup Namgyal, King of Sikkim, and Hope Cooke, Queen of Sikkim, in brocaded dress, walking to the Tsuklakhang Main Temple (Palace Temple) during the King's birthday celebration, Gangtok, Sikkim]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1971/01/01/palden-thondup-namgyal-king-of-sikkim-and-hope-cooke-queen-of-sikkim-in-brocaded-640.jpg "[Palden Thondup Namgyal, King of Sikkim, and Hope Cooke, Queen of Sikkim, in brocaded dress, walking to the Tsuklakhang Main Temple (Palace Temple) during the King's birthday celebration, Gangtok, Sikkim]")
![[King and Queen of Sikkim getting ready to fly to Bhutan in helicopter, Sikkim]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1965/01/01/king-and-queen-of-sikkim-getting-ready-to-fly-to-bhutan-in-helicopter-sikkim-640.jpg "[King and Queen of Sikkim getting ready to fly to Bhutan in helicopter, Sikkim]")
![[Palden Thondup Namgyal, King of Sikkim; and Hope Cooke, Queen of Sikkim with their children Hope Leezum and Palden Gyumed, seated on cloth on the ground ]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1971/01/01/palden-thondup-namgyal-king-of-sikkim-and-hope-cooke-queen-of-sikkim-with-their-640.jpg "[Palden Thondup Namgyal, King of Sikkim; and Hope Cooke, Queen of Sikkim with their children Hope Leezum and Palden Gyumed, seated on cloth on the ground ]")
![[Queen and Prince of Sikkim playing outdoors, Sikkim]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1965/01/01/queen-and-prince-of-sikkim-playing-outdoors-sikkim-640.jpg "[Queen and Prince of Sikkim playing outdoors, Sikkim]")