No. 7. Ye-nan-gyoung [Yenangyaung]. Pagoda and Kyoung. Photographer: Tripe, Linnaeus
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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).
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).
No. 9. Ye-nan-gyoung [Yenangyaung]. Balcony of a Kyoung. Photographer: Tripe, Linnaeus
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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).
Genre: Landscape Photography A pottery at Yenangyaung, with thatched buildings and a pile of chatties or round earthenware pots lying in the foreground. Letterpress continues: 'Petroleum is exported from Ye-nan-gyoung (whence its name river of fetid water) in pots such as represented above'. A ...
No. 12. Tantabeng. Group of Pagodas. Photographer: Tripe, Linnaeus
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Genre: Architectural Photography Three ruined temples at Tantabeng, a few miles north of Yenangyaung on the east bank of the Irrawaddy (just visible in the background of this picture). The visit is mentioned in Yule's narrative, and Tanteben is marked (with a question mark) on the map in that v...
Genre: Architectural Photography General view of the Mahabodhi Pagoda at Pagan. Letterpress continues: 'A peculiar specimen of Pugahm architecture rather Hindoo-like in style. The spire and walls outside are crowded with figures of Gautama in niches. In the enclosure in front are some fifty anc...
Genre: Architectural Photography General view. Letterpress continues: 'Or 'Golden Cane'. A good miniature specimen of the most decorated style of Pugahm architecture. It contains some remarkable inscriptions, and dates from around A.D. 1500'. With India Museum wetstamp (unnumbered) and signed o...
Genre: Architectural Photography General view of the Thatbyinyu Pagoda. Letterpress continues: 'Or 'the Omniscient'. It is about 230 feet square, and 200 feet high; divided into two stages, each stage into two stories. An arched corridor passes round each stage, with arched doorways opening out...
Genre: Architectural Photography General view of the Patothamya Pagoda. Letterpress continues: 'Apparently one of the most ancient of these temples; and probably dating from the tenth century'. With India Museum wetstamp (unnumbered) and signed on the print 'L. Tripe'. Duplicate at Photo 61/1 (...