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511. P.P.1931.k, 3(51)

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P.P.1931.k, 3(51)
Title:
On board the yacht 'Maraquita.' Photographer: Henry
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Stereoscopic view of a group on the deck of the yacht, taken during Henry's 1858 voyage to Iceland, 'chiefly curious on account of its having been taken on the open sea ... The clear definition of the crew and of the ropes, shows that the photographic action in the m...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1858
Extent:
1 item

512. Photo 2/4(103)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 2/4(103)
Title:
River view at Indore. Photographer: Dayal, Deen
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed D.D. in the negative and numbered 712 on album page. View of Europeans canoing on the Khan River, with palm trees on the bank beyond.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1882
Extent:
1 item

513. Photo 11(101)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(101)
Title:
The first bridge and Rajah's Palace, Srinuggur. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
View of a wooden bridge across the River Jhelum with the Raja's Palace in the background, taken by Samuel Bourne in the 1860s.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1864
Extent:
1 item

514. Photo 29(17)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 29(17)
Title:
View on the canal at Kali Ghat [Calcutta]. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed and numbered Bourne 1714 in the negative. View looking along the canal towards the suspension bridge across the canal (Tolley's Nullah) at Kali Ghat in south Calcutta, with local craft moored along the banks and a village in the background beyond the bridge.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1867
Extent:
1 item

515. Photo 29(27)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 29(27)
Title:
Shipping from Hastings Bridge [Calcutta], ship Bombay and S.S. Mauritius. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed and numbered Bourne 1724 in the negative. View looking towards shipping anchored in the Hugli, with local craft in the foreground. This photograph joins up with print 26 to form a panoramic view. The twin-funneled paddle-steamer Mauritius and the three-masted ship Bombay are...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1867
Extent:
1 item

516. Photo 54(33)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 54(33)
Title:
Commissioner's Boat, Cashmere [Srinagar]. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Bourne no. 790. View of the Commissioner's boat at the riverside at Srinagar. The long narrow wooden canoe is manned by some thirty rowers, with a central canopied area for passengers. This is the photograph which appears as no. 790 in the Bourne and Shepherd catalogue, entitled, 'Moonshee Bagh,...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1864
Extent:
1 item

517. Photo 70(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 70(2)
Title:
King Theebaw's state barge. Photographer: Klier, Philip Adolphe
Scope & Content:
View of the state barge of Thibaw, the former King of Burma, moored on the Irrawaddy, probably at Mandalay. The boat is double-hulled, with two figureheads in the form of heavily gilded figures, while the accommodation is in the form of a payathat or pavilion with a spire of tiered roofs.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s-1890s
Extent:
1 item

518. 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

519. Photo 88/1(25)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 88/1(25)
Title:
Burmese paddy boat. Photographer: Klier, Philip Adolphe
Scope & Content:
Paddy boat or laung-zat moored on the Irrawaddy, probably at Rangoon. The boats bipod mast is lowered and the crew are posed with oars as if in the act of rowing the vessel.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

520. Photo 88/1(26)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 88/1(26)
Title:
Burmese racing boats [?Rangoon]. Photographer: Klier, Philip Adolphe
Scope & Content:
Showing two racing canes, with spectators watching from a grandstand on the bank.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

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