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321. Photo 15/6(43)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 15/6(43)
Title:
Burmese girl with cheroot. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length vignetted studio portrait. Subjects = Burmese (ethnic group); Elgin Collection; ethnic groups; rites and customs; tobacco
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

322. Photo 15/6(44)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 15/6(44)
Title:
Young Burmese Princess. Photographer: Beato, Felice
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length portrait of the child seen in print 38, here holding a cheroot. There appears to be no reason for calling the child a princess. Subjects = Burmese (ethnic group); Elgin Collection; ethnic groups; rites and customs; tobacco
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1890
Extent:
1 item

323. Photo 15/6(45)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 15/6(45)
Title:
Kachins [Burma]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Group posed for photographer in open air. Subjects = Elgin Collection; ethnic groups; Kachins
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

324. Photo 15/6(46)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 15/6(46)
Title:
Sawbwa's wife and child [Wuntho, Burma]. Photographer: Beato, Felice
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Portrait taken in front of a house at Wuntho, showing the Wuntho Sawbwa's wife and child seated on the ground with food baskets. Attendants are ranged round the pair in a semi-circle and two servants hold umbrellas over the group. Subjects = Burmese (ethnic g...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1890
Extent:
1 item

325. Photo 15/6(47)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 15/6(47)
Title:
Village buffalo cart [Burma]. Photographer: Klier, Philip Adolphe
Scope & Content:
Cart with wooden wheels and characteristic upwards-tapering sides and a prow-like wooden section on which the yoke is supported.. Subjects = buffalo carts; Elgin Collection; road transport; rural life; transport
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

326. Photo 15/6(48)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 15/6(48)
Title:
[Chinese temple, Bhamo.] Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Presumably the 'new Chinese joss-house, which has lately been completed, though part of it has been in existence for some fifty years', visited by Lord Elgin on 29 November 1898 and mentioned in the accompanying newspaper cutting. Subjects = Chinese architectu...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

327. Photo 15/6(49)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 15/6(49)
Title:
[Carvings on the Chinese temple at Bhamo.] Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Close-up of wood carvings. Subjects = arts & crafts; Elgin Collection; woodcarving Location = Bhamo; Burma; Kachin; Myanmar
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

328. Photo 15/6(50)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 15/6(50)
Title:
The Irrawaddy River. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Looking along the river at an unidentified location. Subjects = Elgin Collection; river scenes Location = Burma; Irrawaddy (river); Myanmar
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

329. Photo 15/6(51)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 15/6(51)
Title:
The second defile on the Irrawaddy River. Photographer: Klier, Philip Adolphe
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Duplicate at Photo 88 (65). Subjects = Elgin Collection; river scenes Location = Burma; Irrawaddy (river); Myanmar
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

330. Photo 15/6(52)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 15/6(52)
Title:
[Village scene, Burma]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Looking along an unidentified village street. Subjects = Elgin Collection; rural life; street scenes
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

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