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Language Not applicable Place Rangoon, Yangon, Myanmar

11. Mss Eur F112/502a (9)

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F112/502a (9)
Title:
Detached shrine in north-east corner [of the Shwe Dagon Pagoda, Rangoon]. Photographer: Klier, Philip Adolphe
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View of alabaster seated Buddha image in shrine with mosaic work decoration: 'The star-shaped facet work generally used for ceilings is shown in photograph No. 9. It has been employed here to cover the back wall of a shrine, and on it has been imposed the figure...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1900
Extent:
1 item

12. Mss Eur F112/502a (10)

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F112/502a (10)
Title:
Group of pagodas at the base of old tree [in the Shwe Dagon Pagoda, Rangoon]. Photographer: Klier, Philip Adolphe
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed 'P. Klier Rangoon' at bottom right Genre: Architectural Photography Group of shrines with mosaic work decoration: 'Continuing round the platform from the north shrine to the westward, an old giant padauck tree is seen, and around its trunk are masonry recesses, recalling th...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1900
Extent:
1 item

13. Mss Eur F112/502a (11)

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F112/502a (11)
Title:
Lower portion of a detached shrine [in the Shwe Dagon Pagoda, Rangoon]. Photographer: Klier, Philip Adolphe
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed 'P. Klier Rangoon' at bottom right. Genre: Architectural Photography Close view of lower portion of a shrine, showing mosaic work decoration and Buddha image seated within. This is the front face of the shrine seen on the left in print 10.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1900
Extent:
1 item

14. Mss Eur F112/502a (12)

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F112/502a (12)
Title:
Details of shrine shown in No. 10 [in the Shwe Dagon Pagoda, Rangoon]. Photographer: Klier, Philip Adolphe
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed 'P. Klier Rangoon' at bottom right. Genre: Architectural Photography Close view of of mosaic work on the exterior of the left-hand shrine seen in prints 10 and 11.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1900
Extent:
1 item

15. Mss Eur F112/502a (13)

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F112/502a (13)
Title:
Old altars [in the Shwe Dagon Pagoda, Rangoon]. Photographer: Klier, Philip Adolphe
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View of mosaic work altars and Buddha images.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1900
Extent:
1 item

16. Mss Eur F112/502a (14)

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F112/502a (14)
Title:
Old box for holding manuscripts. Photographer: Klier, Philip Adolphe
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed 'P. Klier Rangoon' at bottom right. Close view of a mosaic work box in the form of a shrine, 'one of those used to keep manuscripts and came from a monastery in Upper Burma. The colours employed are dull green and lead colour, relieved here and there with a sober red.' In th...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1900
Extent:
1 item

17. Mss Eur F112/502a (15)

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F112/502a (15)
Title:
Shrine on western face [of the Shwe Dagon Pagoda, Rangoon]. Photographer: Klier, Philip Adolphe
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed 'P. Klier Rangoon' at bottom right. View of mosaic work entrance and columns to a shrine ('not quite finished') on the platform of the Shwe Dagon Pagoda.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1900
Extent:
1 item

18. Photo 61/1(100)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 61/1(100)
Title:
No. 100. Rangoon. Patent slip. Photographer: Tripe, Linnaeus
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Showing a small open boat on the patent slip on the Rangoon River. Letterpress continues: 'In the government dockyard'. Subjects = docks and dockyards; shipbuilding; transport; water transport Location = Burma; Myanmar; Rangoon; Rangoon Division
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1855
Extent:
1 item

19. Photo 61/1(101)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 61/1(101)
Title:
No. 101. Rangoon. A Street; old Style. Photographer: Tripe, Linnaeus
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View looking along a side street lined with single-storied houses roofed with mats, towards the Shwe Dagon Pagoda, visible on the skyline. The roadway is unsurfaced and overgrown, with a central walkway of rough planks. Letterpress continues: 'This may give an idea ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1855
Extent:
1 item

20. Photo 61/1(102)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 61/1(102)
Title:
No. 102. Rangoon. Signal Pagoda. Photographer: Tripe, Linnaeus
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view of the temple, with chinthes facing the roadway at the entrance. The circular object hanging from a yard at the top of the pagoda is presumably a time ball. Letterpress continues: 'From this a very extended view of the town and river can be had. It ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1855
Extent:
1 item