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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Photo 92 Language Not applicable Subject Burma: Expedition to Keng Tung, Shan State, 1890

1. Photo 92/3(13)

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Photo 92/3(13)
Title:
On the first visit paid by any British official to the trans-Salween state of Kengtung, there was some danger of a mischance averted by Scott's firmness and political sense. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events Caption continues: 'Afterwards the durbar shed was run up in which conference could be held between the young and ignorant ruler and the British representative'. Showing unidentified Europeans on the verandah of the durbar shed (see print 69 for a view of this building ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
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Not applicable
Date Range:
1890
Extent:
1 item

2. Photo 92/3(69)

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Photo 92/3(69)
Title:
The building of the Durbar shed at Kengtung, 1890. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events The thatched durbar hall seen in print 13 under construction. Subjects = durbars; Scott (Sir George) Collection Location = Burma; Keng Tung; Myanmar; Shan
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 92/4(5)

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Photo 92/4(5)
Title:
Scott, with Pink and Darwin on the first momentous expedition to Kengtung in 1890. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Subjects = Scott (Sir George) Collection Location = Burma; Keng Tung; Myanmar; Shan
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 92/4(12)

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Photo 92/4(12)
Title:
People watching the photographer at Kengtung. It was certainly the first photographer they had ever seen, and probably the first European, for this was in 1890. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Group seated on ground watching photographer. Subjects = Scott (Sir George) Collection Location = Burma; Keng Tung; Myanmar; Shan
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 92/4(13)

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Photo 92/4(13)
Title:
Durbar sports, Kengtung 1890. Wrestling. This was when Scott sat beside the uncouth Sawbwa and expected that there might be the signal for a massacre any minute. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events Group of spectators watching two youths wrestling. Subjects = durbars; Scott (Sir George) Collection; sports; wrestling Location = Burma; Keng Tung; Myanmar; Shan
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 92/4(38)

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Photo 92/4(38)
Title:
A camp in Kengtung. The array of pack saddles in foreground and the serrated hills behind are the principal features. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events Subjects = camps; Scott (Sir George) Collection Location = Burma; Keng Tung; Myanmar; Shan
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1890
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 92/5(41)

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Photo 92/5(41)
Title:
Camp outside Kengtung in 1891 [sic for 1890], the first time any British official had visited this important border state. The party were nearly all scuppered and were only saved by Scott's dignity and firmness. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events General view of the camp. Reproduced in G.E. Mitton, Scott of the Shan Hills (London, 1936), facing p.142, captioned 'The Camp just outside Kengtung where the affray over the Panthay muleteers happened'. See Mitton, op. cit., pp.143-7 for an acoount of the incident. S...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890
Extent:
1 item

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