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Collection Area Visual Arts Name Scott, Sir James George Level [41] Item

1. Photo 92/1(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/1(1)
Title:
The Burma-China Boundary Commission 1898-9. Peng - Liu - Breithaupt - Captain H.B. Walker - Renny Tailyour. These photoes were taken by J.G. Scott & so he, our commissioner, is not in them. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Group portrait of British and Chinese boundary commission staff. Subjects = boundary commissions; Scott (Sir George) Collection
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1898
Extent:
1 item

2. Photo 92/1(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/1(2)
Title:
The Burma-China Boundary Commission 1898-9. Peng - Col Ma - Capt Walker - Jamieson - Prefect of Lungling - Liu [near Longling, western Yunnan]. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Group portrait of boundary commission staff, seated in the open air round a table on which stand refreshments of various sorts, including bottles of sherry and an opium pipe. With bodyguard standing in background. Prints 8 and 9 were evidently taken on the same occas...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1898
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 92/1(3)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/1(3)
Title:
Scenery overlooking the Shweli River [Shan State, Burma]. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Subjects = boundary commissions; river scenes; Scott (Sir George) Collection Location = Burma; Myanmar; Shan; Shweli (river)
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1898-1899
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 92/1(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/1(4)
Title:
Burma-China Boundary Commission 1898-9. Jamieson - Renny-Tailyour - Peng - Liu - Breithaupt - Capt. Walker - Leveson - Harrington. Without Scott our Comr. acting photographer. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Subjects = boundary commissions; Scott (Sir George) Collection
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 92/1(5)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/1(5)
Title:
Mr Peng in everyday attire. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Subjects = boundary commissions; Chinese (ethnic group); ethnic groups; Scott (Sir George) Collection
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 92/1(6)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/1(6)
Title:
Mr Peng all dressed up. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Full-length seated portrait of Prefect Peng in mandarin's robes. This portrait is reproduced in G.E. Mitton, Scott of the Shan Hills (London, 1936), facing p.259. Subjects = boundary commissions; Chinese (ethnic group); ethnic groups; Scott (Sir George) Collection
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 92/1(7)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/1(7)
Title:
Gen Liu[?], Chinese Commissioner for two years, on the Burma-China Boundary Commission. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Full-length seated portrait of a Chinese official, in traditional dress, left half-profile. This appears to be a misidentification: this figure is certainly not the man identified as General Liu in other photographs in the album. Subjects = boundary commissions; Ch...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1898-1899
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 92/1(8)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/1(8)
Title:
Burma-China Boundary Commission 1898-9. Breithaupt - Col Cox - Liu - Col Ma - Capt Walker - Jamieson (back) - Peng. Note the real porcelain china cups with lids. Scott as usual not in it! [Near Longling, western Yunnan.] Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Group portrait of boundary commission officers relaxing round a table in the open air. Photograph taken on the same occasion as prints 2 and 9. Subjects = boundary commissions; Scott (Sir George) Collection Location = China; Longling; Yunnan
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 92/1(9)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/1(9)
Title:
Same persons in group [as print 8]. Scott of course never appeared because he took the photoes. Note bottle of sherry on table, and the Chinaman in wadded coat on right smoking a cigarette. Bodyguard behind and tents. [Near Longling, western Yunnan]. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Group photograph of boundary commission officers taken on the same occasion as prints 2 and 8. This print is reproduced in G.E. Mitton, Scott of the Shan Hills (London, 1936), facing p.266. Subjects = boundary commissions; Scott (Sir George) Collection Location =...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 92/1(10)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/1(10)
Title:
Gen. Liu presiding at a court martial on one of his men. The affair took ten minutes and at the end the offender had his head cut off. [Loilong, Shan State.] Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Portrait of General Liu seated behind a table covered with an embroidered cloth, surrounded by officials, and with an umbrella of state held over him. The incident if briefly described in G.E. Mitton, Scott of the Shan Hills (London, 1936), p.262: 'On New Year's Day ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1 Jan 1899
Extent:
1 item