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Container Reference (shelfmark) Photo 88/1

11. Photo 88/1(11)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 88/1(11)
Title:
Wood carving S.D. [Shwe Dagon] Pagoda, Rangoon. Photographer: Klier, Philip Adolphe
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Detail of an intricately carved teak screen framing the entrance to a shrine in the Shwe Dagon Pagoda. The piece incorporates nats engaged in various activities within a design of vines. Reproduced as plate 15 in Harry L. Tilly, 'Wood-carving of Burma' (Rangoon,...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

12. Photo 88/1(12)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 88/1(12)
Title:
Facade of East Entrance S.D. [Shwe Dagon] Pagoda [Rangoon]. Photographer: Klier, Philip Adolphe
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Close view of entrance, showing rich wood-carved decoration.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

13. Photo 88/1(13)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 88/1(13)
Title:
Holy Well S.D. [Shwe Dagon] Pagoda [Rangoon]. Photographer: Klier, Philip Adolphe
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view, with flower sellers and other figures in foreground.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

14. Photo 88/1(14)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 88/1(14)
Title:
Base of Sacred Pole S.D. [Shwe Dagon] Pagoda, Rangoon. Photographer: Klier, Philip Adolphe
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography With carved figures of nats on each tiered level of the base.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

15. Photo 88/1(15)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 88/1(15)
Title:
Great Bell, Shwe Dagon Pagoda, Rangoon. Photographer: Klier, Philip Adolphe
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Close view of the bell, with a Burmese man pointing to the inscribed surface.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

16. Photo 88/1(16)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 88/1(16)
Title:
Golden Umbrellas, Shwe Dagon Pagoda, Rangoon. Photographer: Klier, Philip Adolphe
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography The two golden umbrellas or htis on the platform of the Shwe Dagon Pagoda.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

17. Photo 88/1(17)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 88/1(17)
Title:
Morning prayer, S.D. [Shwe Dagon] Pagoda [Rangoon]. Photographer: Klier, Philip Adolphe
Scope & Content:
Group of men and women at prayer on the platform of the Shwe Dagon Pagoda.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

18. Photo 88/1(18)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 88/1(18)
Title:
Chinese Temple [Rangoon]. Photographer: Klier, Philip Adolphe
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view from the street of the entrance to the temple. B. R. Pearn, 'History of Rangoon' (Rangoon, 1939, p. 195), records land grants having been made by the 1850s for a Chinese temple on Dalhousie Street and a 'Foken Chinese Temple' on Strand Road. Subje...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

19. Photo 88/1(19)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 88/1(19)
Title:
[Cantonment Gardens, Rangoon.] Photographer: Klier, Philip Adolphe
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View along a path in the gardens, lined with palms along one side, looking towards the spire of the Shwe Dagon Pagoda in the distance. Print unsigned, but probably by Klier.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

20. Photo 88/1(20)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 88/1(20)
Title:
Elephant at work [Rangoon]. Photographer: Klier, Philip Adolphe
Scope & Content:
Elephant at work in a teak yard, carrying a baulk of timber between trunk and tusks. With the mahout seated on the animal's back.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item