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Collection Area Visual Arts Archive Reference (shelfmark) Photo 92

131. Photo 92/2(52)

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Photo 92/2(52)
Title:
Kyok Peit On, Salween. Not been able to identify this. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View on the Salween River. Subjects = river scenes; Scott (Sir George) Collection Location = Burma; Myanmar; Salween (river); Shan
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

132. Photo 92/2(53)

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Photo 92/2(53)
Title:
Ta Pyen Ferry, Salween. This ferry is some distance below Ta Kaw on the road from Mong Pu to Mongnai. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Caption continues: 'The Salween here is about 250 yards broad with a swift current. On the west there is a steep ascent of 900 feet. There is exceedingly little camping ground on either bank'. General view looking along the Salween at the crossing point. Subjects ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

133. Photo 92/2(54)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/2(54)
Title:
Wat Ho Kung, Kengtung. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Caption continues: 'The Chief State in the Southern Shan States' charge across the Salween is Kengtung. It has an area of rather over 12,000 square miles and, marching with Siam, is a boundary state. The first party that went up here in 1889-90 had a narrow shav...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

134. Photo 92/2(55)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/2(55)
Title:
Ta Taw Ma. An important ferry across the Salween. On the road to Mehongson, which is six bullocks' marches distant. The left bank is low. In 1890 a Siamese post was placed on the left bank to watch the ferry. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Subjects = ferries; river scenes; Scott (Sir George) Collection Location = Burma; Myanmar; Salween (river); Shan
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

135. Photo 92/2(56)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/2(56)
Title:
The Sawbwa of Lawksawk. Lawksawk contains an area of over 4,000 square miles. In this state are valuable teak forests, and in the west orange groves. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Group portrait of the Sawbwa and family, posed in front of a textile backdrop, with the Sawbwa's haw or palace in the background. The figure seen here is Hkun Hsuk (b. 1863), who became Sawbwa of Lawksawk in 1900. Subjects = Burmese rulers; sawbwas (Shan rulers); S...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1900s
Extent:
1 item

136. Photo 92/2(57)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/2(57)
Title:
Fort Stedman. This time [seen] from the north. See some pages back. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Subjects = forts; Scott (Sir George) Collection Location = Burma; Myanmar; Shan; Yaunghwe
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

137. Photo 92/2(58)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/2(58)
Title:
Burmese Monastery, Kengtung. Note the plantain tree in front, with its broad ribbon like leaves. Plantains are usually known to us as bananas, for we get most from the West Indies where they are so named. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Subjects = Burmese architecture; Burmese architecture (Buddhist); kyaungs (Burmese monasteries); monasteries; Scott (Sir George) Collection Location = Burma; Keng Tung; Myanmar; Shan
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

138. Photo 92/2(59)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/2(59)
Title:
The Gateway of Mone (Mong-nai). This is taken from the inside of the Haw [palace] enclosure looking out. For the stirring episode in which it played a part see 'Scott of the Shan Hills'. It was here the brigand Twet-nga-lu was captured. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View looking along road towards walls and gateway, with pagodas in the distance. Print reproduced in G.E. Mitton, Scott of the Shan Hills (London, 1936), facing p.122. The incident referred to in the caption is described on pp.122-23. Subjects = Scott (Sir George)...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

139. Photo 92/2(60)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/2(60)
Title:
The Plain of Monglem [Yunnan]. These are the horse belonging to the British party which went up in 1897 to meet the Chinese by invitation. The Chinese style of the houses can be noted. The border line was not then settled. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Caption continues: 'Scott had crossed the Nam Hka rather against his will. He wanted to get on and reach the chiefs of the Wild Wa. They claimed that Monglem was theirs and had been taken from them by the Chinese'. View looks across the valley towards the town and m...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1897
Extent:
1 item

140. Photo 92/2(61)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/2(61)
Title:
A temporary bridge across a stream: Ko Up, Nam Teng. These bridges are put up speedily and neatly when required but are washed away when the floods come in the rainy season. Note the man in the flopping Shan headgear in the foreground. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Subjects = bridges; river scenes; Scott (Sir George) Collection Location = Burma; Myanmar; Nam Teng (river); Shan
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item