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171. Photo 92/11(107)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/11(107)
Title:
Mingun Bell and Pagoda. Photographer: Beato, Felice
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View looking towards the earthquake shattered pagoda, with the massive bell in the right foreground. The bell has the name 'D.N. Aspinall' and date '27/8/87' painted or chalked on its side. [Albumen print, 271x203mm]. Subjects = bells; Burmese architecture; B...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1889
Extent:
1 item

172. Photo 180

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 180
Title:
The Underwood Travel Library: Stereoscopic Views of Burma. Photographer(s): Ricalton, James A
Scope & Content:
Collection of stereoscopic views contained in a custom-made case in the form of two books entitled India Volume I and India Volume II. Each pair of views is mounted on stout card (now somewhat bowed) for insertion in a viewer. Each mount is stamped 'Underwood & Underwood, Publishers', with l...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1900s
Extent:
38 items

173. Photo 196

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 196
Title:
Miscellaneous photographs from India and Burma. Photographer(s): Unknown
Scope & Content:
Eleven loose unmounted and uncaptioned prints. Prints 1-6. Different Indian occupations. Print 7. Waterfall near Moulmein. Print 8. South Indian or Sri Lankan priests outside a temple next to a waterfall. Print 9. A day at the races. Racecourse is unidentified.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s-1890s
Extent:
11 items

174. Photo 211/2

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 211/2
Title:
Arthur Brandreth Collection: Topographical views in India, Burma and the French and Swiss Alps. Photographer(s): Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Collection of loose, unmounted prints depicting views in the Himalayas, Burma and the Swiss Alps, from the collection of Arthur Brandreth (ICS Bengal from 1851). In addition to work by Samuel Bourne, the collection includes photographs by Bourne and Shepherd, Frith's Series and George Perry Abra...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s-1880s
Extent:
21 items

175. Photo 242

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 242
Title:
Sir Richard Carnac Temple Collection: Photographs of Burma and Ceylon. Photographer(s): Oertel, Frederick Oscar
Scope & Content:
Collection comprising three albums of photographs (Photo 242/1-3) of Burma and Ceylon. Sir Richard Carnac Temple (1850-1931), Indian Army officer, administrator in Burma and the Andaman Islands and writer on anthropological subjects.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s-1890s
Extent:
Unspecified

176. Photo 242/2

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 242/2
Title:
Sir Richard Carnac Temple Collection: Photographs of Burma. Photographer(s): Unknown
Scope & Content:
Cloth-bound album measuring 278 x 370mm, with 'Photographs' stamped in gold on front cover, uniform with Photo 242/1, but in a better state of repair. The album contains architectural studies, mainly of Burmese pagoda architecture. Some of the uncredited photographs are probably Philip Klier. ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s-1890s
Extent:
24 items

177. Photo 255/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 255/1
Title:
Leslie Bell Collection: Views in Upper Burma. Photographer(s): Bell, Leslie
Scope & Content:
Photographs, mainly snapshots, taken by Miss Leslie Bell during a visit to Upper Burma in 1929-30. Subjects covered include: Kachin domestic life; an Anglo-Chinese Frontier meeting at Naungma; Irrawaddy flotilla steamer and passengers; bamboo bridge; modes of transport; Chinese workers making da...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1929-1930
Extent:
1 item

178. Photo 268

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 268
Title:
Temple Collection: Album of Burmese Views Photographer(s): Beato, Felice
Scope & Content:
Green half-leather album (binding weak, spine piece detached and some pages loose) measuring 303x248mm. The first 24 prints have accompanying descriptive letterpress captions pasted down on the back of the page to which they refer (a few are incorrectly placed). Prints 25-34 appear to have been ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
34 items

179. Photo 296/1(34)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 296/1(34)
Title:
Mounted M[ilitary] Police, Pakokko. Photographer: Beato, Felice
Scope & Content:
Mounted Indian Military Police on parade. Subjects = military (general); military ceremonies; military police Location = Burma; Magwe; Myanmar; Pakokku
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1890
Extent:
1 item

180. Photo 296/1(35)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 296/1(35)
Title:
Dacoits captured in Ye-U jungles [Burma]. Photographer: Beato, Felice
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Group of dacoits posed in front of a bamboo palisade, their muskets heaped on the ground in front of them. Possibly photographed at Pakokku. Subjects = Burmese (ethnic group); crime and criminals; dacoits; ethnic groups Location = Burma; Magwe; Myanmar; Pak...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1890
Extent:
1 item