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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Photo 1085 Level [40] File

1. Photo 1085/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1085/1
Title:
Monk Collection: Album of Photographic Views of Landscape, Architecture and Railway Construction in India. Photographer(s): Philip Adolphe Klier, William Henry Baker, J. A. D. Lloyd and others unknown
Scope & Content:
Green half-leather album (binding in poor condition), with boards detached, spine piece missing and some pages loose), measuring 410 mm x 330 mm, containing 93 prints, the majority captioned either in the negative or on the album page. The contents of the album can be broken down as follows: Pr...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s-1895
Extent:
93 items

2. Photo 1085/2

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1085/2
Title:
Monk Collection: Album of Photographs Recording the Construction of the Railway Bridge across the River Jumna at Kalpi. Photographer(s): Unknown
Scope & Content:
Black half-leather photograph album (binding loose and scuffed), measuring 290x367mm, containing 66 albumen prints (54 mounted, 12 loose in album), the majority captioned either in the negative or in pencil on album pages. The album provides a comprehensive record of the construction of the brid...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1886-1887
Extent:
66 items

3. Photo 1085/3

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1085/3
Title:
Monk Collection: Views of Burma, mainly in the Sagaing District. Photographer(s): Unknown
Scope & Content:
Blue cloth-bound album measuring 173x125mm, stamped 'Photographs' on front cover and containing 49 printing-out paper snapshots inserted in corner slits, with handwritten captions beneath. The views comprise miscellaneous scenes at Sagaing, Ywataung, Myitnge, Myohaung, Mandalay, Katha and Pokokk...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
49 items

4. Photo 1085/4

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1085/4
Title:
Monk Collection: View of Railway Construction and Scenes in Burma (Sagaing District). Photographer(s): Unknown
Scope & Content:
Red cloth-bound album with decorations in black and gilt, measuring 185x160mm and containing 12 printing-out paper prints inserted in aperture mounts, with handwritten captions in pencil beneath each print. The photographs show views on the railway and general scenery in the Sagaing area. Hugh ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
12 items

5. Photo 1085/5

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1085/5
Title:
Monk Collection: Views of Village Scenes and Temple Architecture in Burma (Sagaing District). Photographer(s): Unknown
Scope & Content:
Blue cloth-covered album, stamped 'Photographs' in gilt on front cover, measuring 215x170mm and containing 24 printing-out paper prints inserted in aperture mounts. The photographs, all uncaptioned apart from print 22, show village scenes and temple architecture, the majority probably taken in t...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
24 items

6. Photo 1085/6

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1085/6
Title:
Monk Collection: Views of Burma. Photographer(s): Beato, Felice
Scope & Content:
Red cloth bound album measuring 280 x 225 mm, containing 19 pasted down prints and 114 loose prints, the majority uncaptioned. Only a few pages of the album are filled and the loose prints were presumably intended for pasting in. The material dates from the period when Hugh Lewin Monk worked as ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
133 items

7. Photo 1085/7

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1085/7
Title:
Monk Collection: Photographs of Decorations Erected in Rangoon to Celebrate the Coronation of Edward VII and of Buddhist funeral ceremonial. Photographer(s): Court, A. Benjamin
Scope & Content:
Collection of 26 loose prints showing decorations, triumphal arches, etc., erected in Rangoon to celebrate the Coronation of Edward VII on 1 January 1903. Each print has a descriptive caption written on the reverse, a number of them also signed 'A. Ben. Court' and dated 20 June 1903. It is assu...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1903
Extent:
26 items

8. Photo 1085/8

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1085/8
Title:
Monk Collection: Views of Burma. Photographer(s): Unknown
Scope & Content:
Collection of 30 loose prints. Subjects include: Burmese groups, elephants at work hauling timber, Burmese architecture at Wuntho (monastery buildings and a richly-carved wooden pillar), river views on the Salween, Namyaw Falls, a Kachin fishing weir, steamers in Rangoon harbour. Hugh Lewin Mon...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s-1900s
Extent:
Unspecified

9. Photo 1085/9

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1085/9
Title:
Monk Collection: Miscellaneous Views of India. Photographer(s): Chokroborty, S. K. and others unknown
Scope & Content:
Collection of 22 loose prints of miscellaneous Indian subjects, arranged as follows: Prints 1-5. Miscellaneous views of Agra, Calcutta and Amritsar, portrait of an Indian ruler and group portrait of domestic staff, 1870s-c. 1900s. Prints 6-11. Views at Shillong, some showing the effects of the...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s-1914
Extent:
22 items

10. Photo 1085/10

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1085/10
Title:
Monk Collection: Snapshot album of Burmese views. Photographer: Unknown, probably Hugh Lewin Monk
Scope & Content:
Green cloth-bound photograph album, measuring 130 mm x 160 mm, stamped Photographs in gilt on front cover, containing 24 snapshots inserted into window mounts measuring 67 mm x 95 mm, plus two prints loosely inserted at end; with pencilled captions on page mounts beneath each print. Subjects inc...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
26 items

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