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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Photo 296 Language Not applicable Name Beato, Felice, photographer; brother of Antonio Beato, 1832-1909

1. Photo 296

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 296
Title:
Sir Alexander Mackenzie Collection: Photographs of India and Burma. Photographer(s): Beato, Felice
Scope & Content:
Collection in three parts, comprising an album of views of Burma by Felice Beato (Photo 296/1), and album of views of the Shillong Earthquake of 1897 by S. K. Chokraborty and Fritz Kapp (Photo 296/2), and 12 loose prints, including views of Belvedere, Calcutta (Photo 296/3). Sir Alexander Macke...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s-c 1900
Extent:
Unspecified

2. Photo 296/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 296/1
Title:
Sir Alexander Mackenzie Collection: Album of Views of Burma. Photographer(s): Beato, Felice
Scope & Content:
Album bound in Burmese silk (in poor condition, with spine piece torn and covers loose), measuring 320x445mm. Prints mounted one per page with contemporary handwritten captions beneath each photograph. The album pages are fairly light and lack of support given to prints has led to bending and so...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s-1890s
Extent:
70 items

3. Photo 296/1(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 296/1(1)
Title:
General view from Mandalay Hill showing the 450 Pagodas and the 'Incomparable' Pagoda. Photographer: Beato, Felice
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Looking down onto the Kuthodaw Pagoda, with the Atumashi Kyaung beyond. Subjects = Burmese architecture; Burmese architecture (Buddhist); kyaungs (Burmese monasteries); monasteries; pagodas; temples Location = Burma; Mandalay; Mandalay Division; Myanmar
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1890
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 296/1(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 296/1(2)
Title:
Government House, Mandalay. Photographer: Beato, Felice
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Subjects = Burmese architecture; government houses; pyatthats (Burmese tiered roof) Location = Burma; Mandalay; Mandalay Division; Myanmar
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1890
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 296/1(3)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 296/1(3)
Title:
Wall & Moat from the North East side of the City [Mandalay]. Photographer: Beato, Felice
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Subjects = Burmese architecture; city walls; moats Location = Burma; Mandalay; Mandalay Division; Myanmar
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1890
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 296/1(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 296/1(4)
Title:
Government House, Mandalay. Photographer: Beato, Felice
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Similar view to print 2. Ghari parked on driveway in foreground. Subjects = Burmese architecture; gharis; government houses; pyatthats (Burmese tiered roof); road transport; transport Location = Burma; Mandalay; Mandalay Division; Myanmar
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1890
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 296/1(5)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 296/1(5)
Title:
The North East Corner of the City with Mandalay Hill. Photographer: Beato, Felice
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Subjects = Burmese architecture; city walls; moats Location = Burma; Mandalay; Mandalay Division; Myanmar
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1890
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 296/1(7)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 296/1(7)
Title:
Burmese Princesses. Photographer: Beato, Felice
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Subjects = Burmese (ethnic group); ethnic groups
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1890
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 296/1(8)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 296/1(8)
Title:
The River [?Daungyu] at Wuntho. Photographer: Beato, Felice
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography With buffalo team drinking in foreground. Another copy at Photo 1085/6(125). Subjects = river scenes
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1890
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 296/1(9)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 296/1(9)
Title:
Palace ('The Centre of the Universe') [Mandalay]. Photographer: Beato, Felice
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View looking towards the palace or Nandaw, and the gilded spire or Shwepyathat, known to the Burmese as the Centre of the Universe. Subjects = architectural elements; Burmese architecture; palaces; pyatthats (Burmese tiered roof) Location = Burma; Mandalay; ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1890
Extent:
1 item