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Collection Area Visual Arts Archive Reference (shelfmark) Photo 430

931. Photo 430/15(57)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 430/15(57)
Title:
Elephants stacking squared logs [Burma]. Photographer: Watts and Skeen
Scope & Content:
Elephant in a timber yard stacking teak logs. Subjects = animals; Curzon Collection; elephants; mahouts; teak; timber industry; timber yards
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

932. Photo 430/15(58)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 430/15(58)
Title:
'A-lun-bai-sayah', snake charmers with hamadryad [Burma]. Photographer: Watts and Skeen
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Subjects = Curzon Collection; entertainers; snake charmers
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

933. Photo 430/15(59)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 430/15(59)
Title:
Burmese woman. Photographer: Watts and Skeen
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Subjects = Burmese (ethnic group); Curzon Collection; ethnic groups
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

934. Photo 430/15(60)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 430/15(60)
Title:
Burmese actors, 'Yamah pwe'. Photographer: Watts and Skeen
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Posed theatrical troupe, in costume. Second copy neg at B.6981. Subjects = actors; Curzon Collection; pwes (Burmese dance performance)
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

935. Photo 430/15(61)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 430/15(61)
Title:
Weaving, Upper Burma. Photographer: Watts and Skeen
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Woman seated at a loom outside a house raised on stilts. The loom is in the form of a rectangular wooden frame in which the woman sits. Subjects = Curzon Collection; occupations; weaving
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

936. Photo 430/15(62)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 430/15(62)
Title:
A Phoongyee-byan, cremation of a priest [Burma]. Photographer: Watts and Skeen
Scope & Content:
Subjects = cremation; Curzon Collection; funerals; rites and customs
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

937. Photo 430/15(63)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 430/15(63)
Title:
Burmese football. Photographer: Watts and Skeen
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Boys playing football, watched by a group of monks. Subjects = Curzon Collection; football; sports
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

938. Photo 430/16

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 430/16
Title:
Curzon Collection: 'Assam-Bengal Railway opened by H.E. Baron Curzon of Kedleston, P.C., G.M.S.I., G.M.I.E., at Chittagong, on the 16th February, 1904.' Photographer(s): Unknown
Scope & Content:
Red full-leather bound album measuring 320x482mm, with title as above stamped in gold on front cover. Marbled endpapers. Prints are mounted on the recto of each page, with printed captions beneath. The album contains in addition three maps: the first, laid down onto the verso of the front free e...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1904
Extent:
32 items

939. Photo 430/16(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 430/16(1)
Title:
Barak Bridge near Badarpur Mile 253 [Assam-Bengal Railway]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Panoramic view composed of two joined prints of the box girder railway bridge over the Barak River two miles north-east of Badarpur. Subjects = Assam-Bengal Railway; bridges; Curzon Collection; railway building; railway companies; railways; transport Location = ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1904
Extent:
1 item

940. Photo 430/16(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 430/16(2)
Title:
Tunnel No. 4 South Face, Mile 275 [Assam-Bengal Railway]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View from the bank of the Jatinga River looking up towards the mouth of the tunnel. The tunnel is situated mid-way between Damchara and Harangajao stations. Subjects = Assam-Bengal Railway; Curzon Collection; railway building; railway companies; railways; river sc...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1904
Extent:
1 item