Huts & natives at Little Andaman [with M.V. Portman]. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography Group portrait of Andaman Islanders, posed in front of a thatched hut, with Maurice Vidal Portman standing in the centre. Portman (1860-1935) served in the Andamans from 1879-99, first as officer in charge of Andaman Homes, then as a superintendent. He was the ...
[Unloading an elephant, (?)Port Blair, Andaman Islands.] Photographer: Unknown
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Showing an elephant in a sling emerging from the hold of a steamer. See also print 75, which may show the same operation. Subjects = animals; elephants; Temple Collection
Cellular Jail [Atalanta Point, Port Blair, Andaman Islands]. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Architectural Photography Panoramic view of the radial arms of the Cellular Jail. Subjects = crime and criminals; panoramas; prisons; punishments; Temple Collection
[View of the south gate to Lalbagh Fort, Dhaka.] Photographer: Unknown
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Photograph of the South Gate to the Lal Bagh Fort in Dhaka, now the capital of Bangladesh taken in the 1870s by an unknown photographer. Note from E. Haq (1993): 'This photograph taken in 1870s shows the south gate to the Lalbagh Fort (Fort Aurangabad) at Dhaka, Bangladesh. At the extreme left i...
Pagoda at Pagan with model of the Mahabodhi. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Architectural Photography Printed version from the slides used by Temple to illustrate a lecture on 'Developments in Buddhist Architecture'. See the list Titles of Slides accompanying this collection. Note on the mount reads: 'Intermediate chaitya - [h]ti on top of the sikra'. Subjects...
[View of a pagoda in Peking.] Photographer: Beato, Felice
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Genre: Architectural Photography This is one of the China series of prints described in H. Hering's Photographic views and panoramas taken by Signor Beato. The actual subject is unclear. Subjects = Chinese architecture; pagodas; Temple Collection; temples; unidentified