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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Photo 1000 Language Not applicable Place Myanmar, Burma, South-east Asia

1. Photo 1000/34(3553)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/34(3553)
Title:
No. 104. Rangoon. The Lake. Photographer: Tripe, Linnaeus
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View looking over the Royal Lake in what was to become Dalhousie Park. Probably taken from the Signal Pagoda, with buildings of the infantry barracks in the foreground. Letterpress continues: 'To the east of the Shwe Dagon Pagoda, a park is to be formed around it; ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1855
Extent:
1 item

2. Photo 1000/41(4295)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/41(4295)
Title:
Pwenyet, or nest of the dammer bee, Mergui District, Burma. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Photograph of bee's nest, taken in studio conditions. Pwenyet, the resinous nest of the dammer bee (Trigona laeviceps) was mixed with petroleum and used for caulking boats.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870s
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 1000/41(4296)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/41(4296)
Title:
Pwenyet, or nest of the dammer bee, Mergui District, Burma. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Another view of the nest seen in print 4295.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870s
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 1000/41(4297)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/41(4297)
Title:
Pwenyet, or nest of the dammer bee, Mergui District, Burma. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Another view of the nest seen in print 4295.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870s
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 1000/42(4364)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/42(4364)
Title:
Studio portrait of two Burmese dancers. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Carte-de-visite sized print on mount with decorative border in gold and red. Print shown at the Paris Exhibition of 1867.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 1000/42(4365)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/42(4365)
Title:
Studio portrait of a Burmese dancer. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Study of the male dancer also seen in print 4364. Carte-de-visite sized print on mount with decorative border in gold and red. Print shown at the Paris Exhibition of 1867.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 1000/42(4366)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/42(4366)
Title:
Studio portrait of two Burmese dancers. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Portrait of the two dancers seen in print 4364, seated on the floor. Carte-de-visite sized print on mount with decorative border in gold and red. Print shown at the Paris Exhibition of 1867.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 1000/42(4367)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/42(4367)
Title:
Studio portrait of a Burmese dancer. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Full-length portrait of the female dancer also seen in prints 4364 and 4366. Carte-de-visite sized print on mount with decorative border in gold and red. Print shown at the Paris Exhibition of 1867.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 1000/51(4858)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/51(4858)
Title:
Burmese laung-zat or paddy boat, probably on the Irrawaddy. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Side view of boat, moored in the river.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item