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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Photo 996 Level [40] File

21. Photo 996(21)

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Photo 996(21)
Title:
View south east from Mandalay Hill. Photographer: Graham, Robert Blackall
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Subjects = Burmese architecture; Burmese architecture (Buddhist); pagodas; temples Location = Burma; Mandalay; Mandalay Division; Myanmar
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1886-1887
Extent:
1 item

22. Photo 996(22)

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Photo 996(22)
Title:
Guns coming into action [Mandalay]. Photographer: Graham, Robert Blackall
Scope & Content:
Mountain Battery at drill on the side of Mandalay Hill. Subjects = Indian Army; military (general); mountain batteries Location = Burma; Mandalay; Mandalay Division; Myanmar
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1886-1887
Extent:
1 item

23. Photo 996(23)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 996(23)
Title:
Mandalay Cemetery. Photographer: Graham, Robert Blackall
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography General view, with Mandalay Hill in the background. Subjects = cemeteries Location = Burma; Mandalay; Mandalay Division; Myanmar
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1886-1887
Extent:
1 item

24. Photo 996(24)

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Photo 996(24)
Title:
Somersetshire Monument in Cemetery [Mandalay]. Photographer: Graham, Robert Blackall
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Close view of monument raised to officers and men of the 2nd Battalion, The Prince Albert's Somersetshire Light Infantry. Subjects = British army; cemeteries; military (general); monuments and memorials; Somersetshire Regiment Location = Burma; Mandalay; Mandala...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1887
Extent:
1 item

25. Photo 996(25)

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Photo 996(25)
Title:
The Salem Kyoung [Mandalay]. Photographer: Graham, Robert Blackall
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view of monastery opposite the British cemetery at Mandalay. Subjects = Burmese architecture; Burmese architecture (Buddhist); kyaungs (Burmese monasteries); monasteries Location = Burma; Mandalay; Mandalay Division; Myanmar
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1887
Extent:
1 item

26. Photo 996(26)

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Photo 996(26)
Title:
Image Makers [Mandalay]. Photographer: Graham, Robert Blackall
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Group of metalworkers posed with brass Buddha images and other artefacts. 'The country behind, and to the north-west of the Salem Kyaung, is open, with small villages dotted here and there; in most of them dwell workmen skilled in brass, wool, and silk. Some of...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1887
Extent:
1 item

27. Photo 996(27)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 996(27)
Title:
Marble Gautima [sic] [Mandalay]. Photographer: Graham, Robert Blackall
Scope & Content:
General view of Buddha image (Bhumisparsa mudra), with European figure standing below platform to indicate scale. 'About 100 yards south of the Sacred Hill of Mandalay, in a tall brick building, is this great marble 'Buddha', probably the biggest monolith in the world. The sitting figure is quit...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1887
Extent:
1 item

28. Photo 996(28)

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Photo 996(28)
Title:
The Incomparable Pagoda [Atumashi Pagoda, Mandalay]. Photographer: Graham, Robert Blackall
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View along the façade of the temple, which was destroyed by fire in 1892. Subjects = Burmese architecture; Burmese architecture (Buddhist); pagodas; temples Location = Burma; Mandalay; Mandalay Division; Myanmar
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1887
Extent:
1 item

29. Photo 996(29)

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Photo 996(29)
Title:
A Bishop and Priests [Mandalay]. Photographer: Graham, Robert Blackall
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Group of three Buddhist monks. 'A 'Sadawjee' bishop, or royal teacher, is one who helps to manage the entire affairs of the Buddhist Church. There are at present eight, who live in or near Mandalay. The central figure in the above group resides at the Incomparable Pa...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1887
Extent:
1 item

30. Photo 996(30)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 996(30)
Title:
Burmese Ceremonies [Mandalay]. Photographer: Graham, Robert Blackall
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View from the street looking towards a group of people seated on the verandah of a house. 'At the time this picture was taken, the family were gathered to winess a double ceremony, viz., the entry of a son into the usual course of monastic discipline, and the pierci...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1887
Extent:
1 item