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032-003044991 Collection Area Visual Arts

31. Photo 88/1(41)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 88/1(41)
Title:
Burmese idols. Photographer: Klier, Philip Adolphe
Scope & Content:
Group of sculptures arranged in a tableau, a reclining figure of Buddha in the centre, monks and other praying figures positioned around him. Duplicate (in faded condition) at TBU Photo 242/3 (22).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

32. Photo 88/1(23)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 88/1(23)
Title:
Elephants at timber yard [Rangoon]. Photographer: Klier, Philip Adolphe
Scope & Content:
Group of five elephants with mahouts.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

33. Photo 88/1(26)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 88/1(26)
Title:
Burmese racing boats [?Rangoon]. Photographer: Klier, Philip Adolphe
Scope & Content:
Showing two racing canes, with spectators watching from a grandstand on the bank.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

34. Photo 88/1(27)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 88/1(27)
Title:
[Ceremonial barge, ?Inle Lake.] Photographer: Klier, Philip Adolphe
Scope & Content:
Covered barge with tiered roofs and figurehead in the form of a bird, possibly used during the Hpaung daw-u Festival on Inle Lake. Print unsigned, but probably by Klier.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

35. Photo 88/1(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 88/1(1)
Title:
The Strand [Hotel], Rangoon. Photographer: Klier, Philip Adolphe
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view from the street of the main facade of the hotel on Strand Road, built for the Sarkies Brothers (founders of Raffles Hotel in Singapore) and opened in 1901.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Early 1900s
Extent:
1 item

36. Photo 88/1(20)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 88/1(20)
Title:
Elephant at work [Rangoon]. Photographer: Klier, Philip Adolphe
Scope & Content:
Elephant at work in a teak yard, carrying a baulk of timber between trunk and tusks. With the mahout seated on the animal's back.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

37. Photo 88/1(21)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 88/1(21)
Title:
Elephant at work [Rangoon]. Photographer: Klier, Philip Adolphe
Scope & Content:
Showing an elephant shifting a baulk of timber in a teak yard, the mahout seated on the animal's back.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

38. Photo 88/1(22)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 88/1(22)
Title:
Elephant at work [Rangoon]. Photographer: Klier, Philip Adolphe
Scope & Content:
Elephant lifting a baulk of teak in a Rangoon timber yard, with a second elephant in background. The animal's mahout is seated on his back.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

39. Photo 88/1(37)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 88/1(37)
Title:
[Stockaded village, Burma.] Photographer: Klier, Philip Adolphe
Scope & Content:
View looking towards the entrance to a fortified village at an unidentified location. In addition to a palisade, a dense wall of sharpened bamboo faces outward. With a group of Indian soldiers in front of the gateway.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1890
Extent:
1 item

40. Photo 88/1(51)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 88/1(51)
Title:
Elephant at work [Rangoon]. Photographer: Klier, Philip Adolphe
Scope & Content:
Showing at elephant at work shifting a baulk of teak in a Rangoon timber yard, with his mahout seated on his back. Section missing in sky area of print.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1890
Extent:
1 item