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Subject Sedan Chairs Level [40] File

1. 1787.d.7, 1(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
1787.d.7, 1(4)
Title:
A Hong-Kong sedan chair. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) View of two Chinese men posed beside a sedan chair on the Hong Kong waterfront.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870-1872
Extent:
1 item

2. 1787.d.7, 2(55)

Reference (shelfmark):
1787.d.7, 2(55)
Title:
The sedan. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) View of a Chinese man travelling in a sedan chair carried by three porters.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870-1872
Extent:
1 item

3. 1787.d.7, 4(54)

Reference (shelfmark):
1787.d.7, 4(54)
Title:
A mule litter. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
'The Pekingese mule-litter is shown in No. 54. It is the usual conveyance adopted by the Chinese, if they wish for ease and comfort, when they visit localities outside the great wall. Two long shafts support the litter, and are harnessed at the ends to the backs of two mules. It was to this chai...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1871-1872
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 58773(120)

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 58773(120)
Title:
The sahib carried in a dandy by four men. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Showing Collings seated in a 'dandy', a form of portable hammock carried by four bearers.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1901
Extent:
1 item

5. P.P.1931.k, 5(67)

Reference (shelfmark):
P.P.1931.k, 5(67)
Title:
The Indian ton-ton. Photographer: Scott, Allan Newton
Scope & Content:
Stereoscopic view of an Indian figure seated in a form of sedan chair, photographed at Secunderabad, with descriptive text, p. 67. Published in part no. 75, September 1864. Not published in Scott's 'Sketches in India; taken at Hyderabad and Secunderabad, in the Madras Presidency' (Lovell Reeve, ...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1862
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 1107(81)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1107(81)
Title:
Darjeeling. A dandy and bearers. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Coloured postcard, published by D.Macropolo and Co., Calcutta. View of four men carrying a type of sedan chair.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1900-1910
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 1148(44)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1148(44)
Title:
Japanese lady in a yama-kago (mountain chair) crossing Daiya River, Nikko, Japan. Photographer: Underwood and Underwood
Scope & Content:
Stereoscopic view.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1900
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 1161(18)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1161(18)
Title:
Madeira. Trage-Hängematte. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Showing a man reclining in a form of palanquin or sedan chair, slung from a pole and carried by two men.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1880
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 1188(97)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1188(97)
Title:
Minister Conger leaving Legation in his official chair—always used on official calls, Peking, China. Photographer: James Ricalton for Underwood and Underwood
Scope & Content:
The Minister of the American Legation Minister Conger and his secretary, travelling in sedan chairs on an official visit. Edwin H. Conger (1843-1907) served as American Minister Plenipotentiary to China from 1898-1905.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1900
Extent:
1 item

10. PP.3803.bha, 1/1(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
PP.3803.bha, 1/1(2)
Title:
Cango. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Showing a Japanese woman being transported in a form of sedan chair slung on a pole and carried by two men: 'The cango is the most uncomfortable means of conveyance to all but Japanese … a mere bamboo affair, in which the occupant is regularly bundled and shake...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item