High rock and sharp corner, 2nd Defile [of the Irrawaddy]. Photographer: Beato, Felice
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Genre: Landscape Photography View looking towards a bend in the river, with high cliffs on the far bank and a fishing craft with nets on a wooden framwork in the foreground. [Albumen print, 93x146mm]. Subjects = fishing; fishing boats; Monk Collection; river scenes Location = Burma; Irrawa...
High rock and sharp corner, 2nd Defile [of the Irrawaddy]. Photographer: Beato, Felice
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Genre: Landscape Photography View looking along the river towards the bend and high cliffs seen in print 119mm. [Albumen print, 150x97mm]. Subjects = Monk Collection; river scenes Location = Burma; Irrawaddy (river); Kachin; Myanmar
Clearing timber in Penang. Artist(s): Gantz, Justinian (1802-1862)
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Clearing timber in Penang. c.1827. Inscribed on back in ink: ‘Penang.’ Water-colour; 11.75 by 15.75 ins. Purchased 6 March 1958. Note: Although this picture is not signed it is almost certainly by the same hand as WD1262 and was acquired from the same source.
Pulau Jerejak and the south-east coast of Prince of Wales Island, Penang. Artist(s): Furber, W.H. (fl. 1806)
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Pulau Jerejak and the south-east coast of Prince of Wales Island, Penang. c.1806. By W.H. Furber Inscribed on front in ink: ‘W.H. Furber’ and on reverse:’ View of Poolo Jaraga and the South Point of Prince of Wales’s Island with a Ship coming through the South Passage’. Water-colour; 24.8 by ...
Waterfall, Prince of Wales Island (Penang). Artist(s): Warham, Thomas (fl. 1793)
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Waterfall, Prince of Wales Island (Penang). Inscribed: ‘View at Po Penang 1793. The height 280 feet. T Warham delt’. Water-colour with some pen and ink in ruled border; 49 by 41.3 cm. Purchased 1982. Note: The waterfall in what is now called the Botanical Gardens, near George Town, was a p...
