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791. Photo 1192(141)

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Photo 1192(141)
Title:
Burmese beauty. Photographer: Klier, Philip Adolphe
Scope & Content:
Monochrome postcard, divided back. Full-length studio portrait of a young Burmese woman, standing with an umbrella in one hand and a cigar in the other.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1900s
Extent:
1 item

792. Photo 1192(145)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1192(145)
Title:
Burmese Bhuddist priests at their morning meal. From the reprint negative by Watts & Skeen. Photographer: Watts and Skeen
Scope & Content:
Monochrome postcard, divided back. Group of Buddhist monks seated on the ground on mats, with bowls of food.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1900s
Extent:
1 item

793. Photo 1192(153)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1192(153)
Title:
Tribes of Burma—Kaw women. Publisher: American Mission Press, Rangoon
Scope & Content:
Monochrome postcard, divided back. Portrait of two Kaw women in traditional dress, posed in a forest clearing, smoking pipes and with woven baskets on their backs.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1900s
Extent:
1 item

794. Photo 1192(155)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1192(155)
Title:
Burmese boy tattooed. Publisher: American Mission Press, Rangoon
Scope & Content:
Monochrome postcard, divided back. Portrait of a Burmese youth, seated on a boulder smoking a cigar, and displaying the tattooing on his thighs.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1900s
Extent:
1 item

795. Photo 1202/1(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1202/1(2)
Title:
Rice farmer on his way to his fields, Kainkordu, Sierra Leone. Photographer: Michael Katakis
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Titled, dated and signed on lower print border. Head-and-shoulders portrait of a farmer, smoking a pipe and carrying a sack on his head.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1988
Extent:
1 item

796. Photo 1202/1(6)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1202/1(6)
Title:
Woman plaiting daughter's hair, Kainkordu, Sierra Leone. Photographer: Michael Katakis
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Titled, dated and signed on lower print border. Portrait of a woman, seated inside her house, her young daughter seated in front of her.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1988
Extent:
1 item

797. Photo 1202/4(14)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1202/4(14)
Title:
Diner at the Crab Cooker, Newport Beach, Southern California. Photographer: Michael Katakis
Scope & Content:
Study of a lone diner seated in the restaurant. Dated 1979 on front of print, but 1986 on reverse.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1979
Extent:
1 item

798. Photo 1224/2(99)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1224/2(99)
Title:
A Nautch [at Delhi]. Photographer: Shepherd and Robertson
Scope & Content:
Showing a dance performance with musicians and spectators.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1862
Extent:
1 item

799. Photo 1224/2(149)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1224/2(149)
Title:
Kashmir nautch girls. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Numbered 606 in the negative. Kashmir was visited by the compiler of this album between 3 April and 30 November 1878. Showing dancing girls performing before an audience of men in the verandah of a pavilion in the Shalimar Gardens at Srinagar. Listed in the Bourne and Shepherd catalogue as 'A N...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1863-1865
Extent:
1 item

800. Photo 1224/3(23)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1224/3(23)
Title:
Servant [China]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Full-length studio portrait of a young boy with a long pigtail (queue). Image in carte de visite format.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

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