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1. Photo 61/1(96)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 61/1(96)
Title:
No. 96. Mengoon. Ruined Griffins. Photographer: Tripe, Linnaeus
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Rear view of the massive headless chinthes in front of the Mingun Pagoda, with the Irrawaddy River beyond. Letterpress continues: 'In front of the Pagoda. These were 95 feet high; but, like the latter, were shattered by the earthquake of 1839. The heads and neck...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Sep 1855
Extent:
1 item

2. Photo 61/1(98)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 61/1(98)
Title:
No. 98. Mengoon. Pagoda from S.E. Photographer: Tripe, Linnaeus
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography With nearest corner collapsed. Colesworthy Grant's watercolour sketch of the same subject (WD 540, print 62) is taken from an almost identical viewpoint. Letterpress continues: 'This corner shows the effects of the earthquake most completely. On reaching the to...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Sep 1855
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 61/1(99)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 61/1(99)
Title:
No. 99. Mengoon. Small bell in front of Pagoda. Photographer: Tripe, Linnaeus
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Subjects = religion; religion (Buddhism); religious articles; religious articles (Buddhist); temple bells Location = Burma; Mingun; Myanmar; Sagaing Division
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Sep 1855
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 61/1(97)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 61/1(97)
Title:
No. 97. Mengoon. Pagoda from N.W. Photographer: Tripe, Linnaeus
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view of the massive, cracked and ruinous pagoda (allegedly the largest mass of brickwork in the world). The Irrawaddy can be seen in the background. Letterpress continues: 'Begun but never completed by King Mendaraggee about the end of last century. It i...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Sep 1855
Extent:
1 item

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