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141. Photo 92/2(65)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/2(65)
Title:
Nam An in foreground, Keng Hung. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography River scene, with camp in foreground and town beyond. Location unidentified. The view is at Jinghong, formerly Cheli and before that Kenghung on the Mekong in southern Yunnan. Originally loosely affiliated to the Shan States, but transferred to China. See also Photo...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1891
Extent:
1 item

142. Photo 92/2(66)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/2(66)
Title:
Marsh inside Kengtung. This shows how wet the land is around the town. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Subjects = Scott (Sir George) Collection Location = Burma; Keng Tung; Myanmar; Shan
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

143. Photo 92/2(67)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/2(67)
Title:
Myosa of Loi Ngun. This peculiar name is spelt in Burmese Ngwe-daung. The state is a sub-feudatory of Eastern Karenni. The Myosa was in charge up to 1896, was then deposed by Sawlawi (Ruler of Karenni) and died in prison the next year. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Caption continues: 'He looks so melancholy here he might have forseen his unhappy fate'. Full-length seated portrait, with retainers, in front of a tent.He was sentenced to twenty years' imprisonment and died at Ywathit in August 1897. Subjects = Burmese rulers; et...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

144. Photo 92/2(68)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/2(68)
Title:
A view of Mone. Mone (otherwise Mong-nai) has played a large part in the history of the states. It is over 2,716 square miles in area. It was here the rebel Twet nga lu was captured, after the brilliant dash by a handful of men in 1889. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography General view looking towards the Sintaung Pagoda on the hillside. The building in the right foreground is presumably the haw or palace. Duplicate at Photo 92/4 (76). Subjects = Burmese architecture; Burmese architecture (Buddhist); pagodas; palaces; Scott (Sir Geo...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

145. Photo 92/2(69)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/2(69)
Title:
[Unidentified scene, probably in the Shan States]. This gives some idea of the country, the towering hills rising from 4,000 to 7,000 feet to be surmounted in the day's march. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Caption continues: 'As the axes of the hills lie north and south anyone travelling east and west has to go up and down several of them in a day's journey and find at the end he has made about eight to twelve miles easting. Camp in clearing in foreground, looking tow...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

146. Photo 92/2(70)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/2(70)
Title:
Fort on the Tali River [Yunnan]. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Photographed during the Burma-China Boundary Commission. For a duplicate of this print, see Photo 92/11 (315). Subjects = forts; river scenes; Scott (Sir George) Collection Location = China; Tali (river); Yunnan
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1898-1899
Extent:
1 item

147. Photo 92/2(71)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/2(71)
Title:
A characteristic camp with the dead ficus in foreground; the heavily foliaged mango and the ribbon-like leaf of the plantain on the left [?Shan States]. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Camp scene; location unknown, probably in the Shan States. Subjects = camps; Scott (Sir George) Collection
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1898-1899
Extent:
1 item

148. Photo 92/2(72)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/2(72)
Title:
Siamese post at Me-Hsai. Me Hsai is an insignificant rivulet in trans-Salween Karenni, flowing into the Salween. At its mouth, on the north side, the Siamese had a small military post when the country was visited in 1889-90 by the Anglo-Siamese ommission Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Subjects = boundary commissions; camps; Scott (Sir George) Collection Location = Burma; Me Hsai; Myanmar; Shan
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1889-1890
Extent:
1 item

149. Photo 92/2(73)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/2(73)
Title:
Siamese post at Me-Hsate. A river in trans-Salween Karenni which runs into the Salween. One can see straight up to the watershed from the river's mouth. Up this valley there is a route to Mehonghsawn. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Caption continues: 'To watch this route the Siamese established a post in 1889-90 on the right bank of the stream. The English were opposite. The Union Jack can be seen outside the tent of the Political Officer (Scott)'. See also Photo 92/3 (67). Subjects = bounda...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1889-1890
Extent:
1 item

150. Photo 92/2(74)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/2(74)
Title:
[Unidentified river scene, probably on the Salween in the Shan States.] Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Subjects = river scenes; Scott (Sir George) Collection Location = Burma; Myanmar; Salween (river); Shan
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item