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391. Photo 1000/34(3480)

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Photo 1000/34(3480)
Title:
No. 31. Tsagain Myo [Sagain]. Litters under a shed. Photographer: Tripe, Linnaeus
Scope & Content:
View of intricately-carved wooden sedan chairs lying in a shed, partially overgrown with vegetation. Letterpress continues: 'These were left by will to the Aong-mre-lo-ka Pagoda near them, by members of the Royal family; equipages belonging to them, being considered too sacred to be used by othe...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Aug 1855-Sep 1855
Extent:
1 item

392. Photo 1000/34(3481)

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Photo 1000/34(3481)
Title:
No. 32. Tsagain Myo [Sagain]. Doorway of a small Pagoda. Photographer: Tripe, Linnaeus
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Close-up view of doorway, with richly-carved surround. Letterpress continues: 'A very fair specimen of a style of architectural decoration in Burmah'. With India Museum wetstamp (unnumbered) and signed on the print 'L. Tripe'. Duplicate at Photo 61/1 (32).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
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Not applicable
Date Range:
Aug 1855-Sep 1855
Extent:
1 item

393. Photo 1000/34(3482)

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Photo 1000/34(3482)
Title:
No. 33. Tsagain Myo [Sagain]. Zayat. Photographer: Tripe, Linnaeus
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Genre: Architectural Photography General view of the small white single-storey brick and stucco building, set amongst trees. Letterpress continues: ' Buildings of this kind are both for secular and religious purposes. They are resting places for travellers, refectories for votaries of the Templ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
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Not applicable
Date Range:
Aug 1855-Sep 1855
Extent:
1 item

394. Photo 1000/34(3483)

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Photo 1000/34(3483)
Title:
No. 34. Tsagain Myo. View near the River. Photographer: Tripe, Linnaeus
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Genre: Architectural Photography View on the bank of the Irrawaddy, looking towards a building raised on piles over the water. Letterpress continues: 'The Irrawadi at the time of the freshes, inundates the country from some distance from its banks; the necessity therefore of building on piles, ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
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Not applicable
Date Range:
Aug 1855-Sep 1855
Extent:
1 item

395. Photo 1000/34(3484)

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Photo 1000/34(3484)
Title:
No. 35. Tsaing Myo [Sagain]. Kowa-doung Pagoda. Photographer: Tripe, Linnaeus
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view of pagodas, with the Irrawaddy visible in the background. Letterpress continues: 'The terrace, on which this stands, is one of three covered with Pagodas and Kyoungs. On the opposite of the Irrawadi is Ava; the river at this point is about 1100 yard...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Aug 1855-Sep 1855
Extent:
1 item

396. Photo 1000/34(3485)

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Photo 1000/34(3485)
Title:
No. 36. Tsagain Myo [Sagain]. Water Pots. Photographer: Tripe, Linnaeus
Scope & Content:
Two earthenware pots standing on a shaded brick platform. Letterpress continues: 'It is a frequent thing, in a Burmese thoroughfare to see, placed for the use of passers by, waterpots, suspended from the boughs of trees, or under a carved wooden shed, or in one roughly made as above'. This photo...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Aug 1855-Sep 1855
Extent:
1 item

397. Photo 1000/34(3486)

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Photo 1000/34(3486)
Title:
No. 37. Ava. Tower of the Palace. Photographer: Tripe, Linnaeus
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Genre: Architectural Photography View of the Nanmyin, a square brick and stucco watchtower, tilting and surrounded by fallen masonry. Letterpress continues: 'This is the only co-herent remains of the palace. The earthquake of 1839 covered the ground with the rest of it and tilted this considera...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Aug 1855-Sep 1855
Extent:
1 item

398. Photo 1000/34(3487)

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Photo 1000/34(3487)
Title:
No. 38. Amerapoora. Portico of the Residency. Photographer: Tripe, Linnaeus
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Genre: Architectural Photography View from the courtyard, looking towards the open-sided portico. Letterpress continues: 'This covered a square of ninety feet having a dome-like roof of thatched bamboo, and closed on the outer side by a Proscenium for Marionettes, draperied with blue cloth lace...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Sep 1855-Oct 1855
Extent:
1 item

399. Photo 1000/34(3488)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/34(3488)
Title:
No. 39. Amerapoora. West Gate of the Residency Enclosure. Photographer: Tripe, Linnaeus
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Genre: Architectural Photography View from outside the Residency enclosure, looking towards the gate. Letterpress continues: 'This enclosure was formed by a bamboo wall about eighteen feet high, on the outer of which was a continuous shed all round except at the east and west sides, in the cent...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Sep 1855-Oct 1855
Extent:
1 item

400. Photo 1000/34(3489)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/34(3489)
Title:
No. 40. Amerapoora. Barracks of the Burmese Guard. Photographer: Tripe, Linnaeus
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View looking along the thatched huts running along the outer wall of the Residency that served as barracks for the Burmese guard of honour to the mission. Letterpress continues: 'Their arms are tied to the racks, their bandolier-like belts, and red or green lacq...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Sep 1855-Oct 1855
Extent:
1 item