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Language Not applicable Name Klier, Philip Adolphe, 1845-1911

81. Photo 88/1(15)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 88/1(15)
Title:
Great Bell, Shwe Dagon Pagoda, Rangoon. Photographer: Klier, Philip Adolphe
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Close view of the bell, with a Burmese man pointing to the inscribed surface.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

82. Photo 88/1(16)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 88/1(16)
Title:
Golden Umbrellas, Shwe Dagon Pagoda, Rangoon. Photographer: Klier, Philip Adolphe
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography The two golden umbrellas or htis on the platform of the Shwe Dagon Pagoda.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

83. Photo 88/1(17)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 88/1(17)
Title:
Morning prayer, S.D. [Shwe Dagon] Pagoda [Rangoon]. Photographer: Klier, Philip Adolphe
Scope & Content:
Group of men and women at prayer on the platform of the Shwe Dagon Pagoda.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

84. Photo 88/1(18)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 88/1(18)
Title:
Chinese Temple [Rangoon]. Photographer: Klier, Philip Adolphe
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view from the street of the entrance to the temple. B. R. Pearn, 'History of Rangoon' (Rangoon, 1939, p. 195), records land grants having been made by the 1850s for a Chinese temple on Dalhousie Street and a 'Foken Chinese Temple' on Strand Road. Subje...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

85. Photo 88/1(19)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 88/1(19)
Title:
[Cantonment Gardens, Rangoon.] Photographer: Klier, Philip Adolphe
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View along a path in the gardens, lined with palms along one side, looking towards the spire of the Shwe Dagon Pagoda in the distance. Print unsigned, but probably by Klier.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

86. 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

87. 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

88. 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

89. 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

90. Photo 88/1(24)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 88/1(24)
Title:
Stern of Burmese paddy boat. Photographer: Klier, Philip Adolphe
Scope & Content:
Showing the Burmese tillerman seated in the richly decorated (in foliate design) steering chair in the raised stern of an Irrawaddy paddy boat or laung-zat.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item