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51. Photo 92/3(6)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/3(6)
Title:
[Scene in Keng Tung.] A different point of view of the scene on the previous page. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Similar view to, but in better condition than print 4. In the foreground is a garden in European style, with a group of Burmese gathered at the gateway. Subjects = Scott (Sir George) Collection Location = Burma; Keng Tung; Myanmar; Shan
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

52. Photo 92/3(16)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/3(16)
Title:
Very often a strip of foreshore was the only possible camping ground. The hills rose so steeply from the water that there was no foothold. The current here (Teing) is narrowed in and very rapid, 'one continual rapid with lashers in between'. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography River scene on the Nam Teng with tent on bank in foreground. Subjects = camps; 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

53. Photo 92/3(31)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/3(31)
Title:
Followers on the first Burma-China Boundary Commission. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events Distant group. A somewhat faded print. Subjects = boundary commissions; Scott (Sir George) Collection
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item

54. Photo 92/3(14)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/3(14)
Title:
Nam Pang (Nam means river) in the state of Keng Hkam. The river is the principal feature of the state. The view across it is one of the finest in the Shan States. The course is much broken and thickly studded by islands. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography General view looking along the Nam Pang. Subjects = 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

55. Photo 92/3(10)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/3(10)
Title:
This man ruled a state on the border of Siam, called Mong Chen or Mong Hsing.[Now Muong Sing, Laos.] Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events Caption continues: 'When the French acquired some of Siam there was a suggestion that part of this should be made a Buffer State. The Myosa did not know to whom he shld show allegiance and went and hid himself'. Photograph shows the myosa seated outside his haw or palac...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1894
Extent:
1 item

56. Photo 92/3(11)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/3(11)
Title:
This is an interesting group. Captain Renny-Tailyour who went on the first Wild Wa Expedition. Mr (Sir Hugh) Daly, W. Warry, Chinese Political Adviser and expert, and Captain G.V. Burrows. All their names are well-known. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Group portrait, posed in front of a tent. Precise date and location unknown, but probably photographed around the time of Scott's attachment to the Mekong Commission. Subjects = dress (European); Scott (Sir George) Collection
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1894
Extent:
1 item

57. Photo 92/3(18)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/3(18)
Title:
A Gaungto bachelor seated all alone. Owing to strict laws of endogamy there are many bachelors [Shan States]. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length portrait of a Gaungto (Karen) man seated on a rock. Published: Sir George Scott, 'Among the Hill Tribes of Burma—An Ethnological Thicket' (National Geographic, vol. 41, no. 3, pp. 293-321, March 1922), p. 316, with caption note: 'A Gaungto bachelor....
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

58. Photo 92/3(71)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/3(71)
Title:
Another view of the same thing [Court of Justice, Keng Tung]. Note the clock on the Sawbwa's throne. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
View looking along the hall towards the carved wooden throne of the Sawbwa of Keng Tung. A European clock hangs on the throne. Reproduced in Scott's Handbook, with the caption: 'Ministers paying homage to the absent Sawbwa'. Subjects = Burmese architecture; courthouses; furniture and furnishin...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1890
Extent:
1 item

59. Photo 92/3(19)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/3(19)
Title:
A view of Mong Pawn from the distance. The state is a small one but important. It consists of a long strip down the side of the Nam Pawn. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Looking across paddy fields towards Mong Pawn. Subjects = Scott (Sir George) Collection Location = Burma; Mong Pawn; Myanmar; Shan
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

60. Photo 92/3(28)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/3(28)
Title:
Some of the escort of the Chinese Commissioner [Burma-China Boundary Commission]. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events Group portrait of military escort. Subjects = boundary commissions; Scott (Sir George) Collection
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item