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Container Reference (shelfmark) Photo 1000/34 Subject Palaces

1. Photo 1000/34(3486)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/34(3486)
Title:
No. 37. Ava. Tower of the Palace. Photographer: Tripe, Linnaeus
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View of the Nanmyin, a square brick and stucco watchtower, tilting and surrounded by fallen masonry. Letterpress continues: 'This is the only co-herent remains of the palace. The earthquake of 1839 covered the ground with the rest of it and tilted this considera...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Aug 1855-Sep 1855
Extent:
1 item

2. Photo 1000/34(3517)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/34(3517)
Title:
No. 68. Amerapoora. Wild Elephant Palace. Photographer: Tripe, Linnaeus
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Building surrounded by high wall and stockade. Letterpress continues: 'It is hither that the fresh caught elephants are brought to be tamed, for the diversion of the King. The present King, however, is said, to be averse to amusements of the kind'. With India Mu...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Sep 1855-Oct 1855
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 1000/34(3522)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/34(3522)
Title:
No. 73. Amerapoora. Palace of the White Elephant. Photographer: Tripe, Linnaeus
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography A square, open-sided wooden hall with tiered roof. A number of cannons lie in the courtyard in the foreground. Letterpress continues: 'The white elephant is the same Crawfurd saw in 1826; it is now fifty years old: it has its guards, four white and eight gold um...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Sep 1855-Oct 1855
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 1000/34(3526)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/34(3526)
Title:
No. 77. Amerapoora. The Kings' Water Palace. Photographer: Tripe, Linnaeus
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Wooden building raised on thick piles, with a slender central pyathat or tiered spire. Letterpress continues: 'On the banks of the Irrawadi, used chiefly on the occasion of a boat-race'. With India Museum wetstamp (unnumbered) and signed on the print 'L. Tripe'....
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Sep 1855-Oct 1855
Extent:
1 item