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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Photo 1000 Language Not applicable Subject Burma: Mission to Ava, 1855

1. Photo 1000/34(3450)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/34(3450)
Title:
No. 1. Prome. General View. Photographer: Tripe, Linnaeus
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Panoramic view composed of two joined prints,looking over the town towards the Irrawaddy. Somewhat faded. Letterpress continues: 'Taken from a height S.E. of the town. the Pagoda on the hill to the right, is the Shwe San-dau, or 'Golden Hair' one of the most sacred ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1855
Extent:
1 item

2. Photo 1000/34(3451)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/34(3451)
Title:
No. 2. Prome. North entrance to the Shwe San-dau Pagoda. Photographer: Tripe, Linnaeus
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Letterpress continues: 'Burmese temples are usually, if the ground permit, on heights, the approach being by a flight of steps, guarded by Griffins [chinthes]: that shown above is very fine, the Griffins are eighty feet high, and with the carved gables of the ro...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1855
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 1000/34(3452)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/34(3452)
Title:
No. 3. Prome. West Entrance to the Shwe San-dau Pagoda. Photographer: Tripe, Linnaeus
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Letterpress continues: 'Much dilapidated. The Zayat on the left has much fine carving on it'. Duplicate at Photo 61/1 (3).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1855
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 1000/34(3453)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/34(3453)
Title:
No. 4. Prome. A small Pagoda. Photographer: Tripe, Linnaeus
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Letterpress continues: 'This and No. 5 are close together in an open space near the house in which Captain Latter was murdered'. Duplicate at Photo 61/1 (4).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1855
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 1000/34(3454)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/34(3454)
Title:
No. 5. Prome. A small Pagoda. Photographer: Tripe, Linnaeus
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Letterpress continues: 'The carved wood work of this has been stripped off. The centre building is of white stucco, gilt in the ornamental parts'. Duplicate at Photo 61/1 (5).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1855
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 1000/34(3455)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/34(3455)
Title:
No. 6. Thayet Myo. Pagoda on the S. of Cantonment. Photographer: Tripe, Linnaeus
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Letterpress continues: 'Apparently a modernised copy of an architecture found at Pugahm [Pagan]'. Duplicate at Photo 61/1 (6).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1855
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 1000/34(3456)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/34(3456)
Title:
No. 7. Ye-nan-gyoung [Yenangyaung]. Pagoda and Kyoung. Photographer: Tripe, Linnaeus
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View looking across open level ground at Yenangyaung towards the temple and kyaung or monastery on a small hill. Duplicate at Photo 61/1 (7).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1855
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 1000/34(3457)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/34(3457)
Title:
No. 8. Ye-nan-gyoung [Yenangyaung]. Kyoung. Photographer: Tripe, Linnaeus
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Close view of the kyaung or monastery at Yenangyaung, showing the intricate carved decoration of the tiered roof and balustrade. Letterpress continues: 'This monastery is a fine specimen of provincial architecture'. Duplicate at Photo 61/1 (8).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1855
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 1000/34(3458)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/34(3458)
Title:
No. 9. Ye-nan-gyoung [Yenangyaung]. Balcony of a Kyoung. Photographer: Tripe, Linnaeus
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Close-up detail of wood-carving on the balcony of the monastery. Letterpress continues: 'Quite Burmese in its grotesqueness'. Duplicate at Photo 61/1 (9).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1855
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 1000/34(3459)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/34(3459)
Title:
No. 10. Ye-nan-gyoung [Yenangyaung]. Tamarind tree. Photographer: Tripe, Linnaeus
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1855
Extent:
1 item