Subject: Boats / Level: [40] File - British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue Search Results

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 70(2)
Title:: King Theebaw's state barge. Photographer: Klier, Philip Adolphe
Scope & Content:: View of the state barge of Thibaw, the former King of Burma, moored on the Irrawaddy, probably at Mandalay. The boat is double-hulled, with two figureheads in the form of heavily gilded figures, while the accommodation is in the form of a payathat or pavilion with a spire of tiered roofs.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1880s-1890s
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 101(29)
Title:: View from the Lake [Naini Tal]. Photographer: Murray, John
Scope & Content:: Photograph of the lake in Naini Tal from the Murray Collection: 'Photographic views in Agra and its vicinity', taken by John Murray in 1855. The Kumaon Hills had come under British rule after the Nepal War (1814-16) but the hill station town of Naini Tal was only founded in 1841. It became a san...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: Mid-1850s
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 179(15)
Title:: Armenian Ghat [Calcutta]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:: Genre: Urban Topographical Photography A photograph of the ghat from the Hugli riverside, with boats on the foreground. Masts of the larger ships can be seen behind the covered jetty. With descriptive letterpress caption label pasted to reverse.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1872
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 180(25)
Title:: Curiously rigged freight boat with standing oarsmen, on the broad Irrawaddy River, Burma. Photographer: Underwood and Underwood
Scope & Content:: Shows a laung-zat or rice paddy boat on the Irrawaddy, with characteristic high carved stern and bipod mast. Stereoscopic pair.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1900
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 248(13)
Title:: Costume [Custom] House, Madras. Photographer: Fiebig, Frederick
Scope & Content:: Inscription: Signed in the negative, 'F. Fiebig' (signature heavily cropped). Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View looking along the waterfront at Madras towards the Customs House and other British buildings, with boats drawn up on the beach in the foreground.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1852
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 248(17)
Title:: Catamaran, Madras. Photographer: Fiebig, Frederick
Scope & Content:: Inscription: Signed indistinctly in the negative. Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View showing three Indian figures posed in a small wooden boat on the beach, with the Customs House in the background.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1852
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 248(32)
Title:: Masula boat, Madras. Photographer: Fiebig, Frederick
Scope & Content:: Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View of a masula boat beached on the foreshore at Madras, with the crew posed on board. The buildings seen in closer view in print 30 are in the background.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1852
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 249(10)
Title:: Cinglee boats [Ceylon]. Photographer: Fiebig, Frederick
Scope & Content:: Inscription: Signed 'F. Fie[big]' in the negative. Genre: Landscape Photography View looking along a beach, with outrigger fishing boats drawn up on the foreshore.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1852
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 249(15)
Title:: Beach of Colombo, Ceylon. Photographer: Fiebig, Frederick
Scope & Content:: Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View looking across the harbour at Colombo, with a fleet of outrigger fishing boats beached in the foreground.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1852
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 249(59)
Title:: Beach at Point de Galle. Photographer: Fiebig, Frederick
Scope & Content:: Genre: Landscape Photography View looking along the beach at Galle (apparently from a similar location to print 58), with fishing boats drawn up on the foreshore.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1852
Extent:: 1 item

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