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Subject Atumashi Kyaung (Mandalay)

1. Photo 15/6(33)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 15/6(33)
Title:
General view of Mandalay showing the 450 Pagodas. Photographer: Beato, Felice
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Subjects = Burmese architecture; Burmese architecture (Buddhist); Elgin Collection; pagodas; temples Location = Burma; Mandalay; Mandalay Division; Myanmar
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

2. Photo 92/11(66)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/11(66)
Title:
The Atu-ma-shi Pagoda, Mandalay. Photographer: Beato, Felice
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view of the Atumashi or 'Incomparable' Kyaung, destroyed by fire in the early 1890s. [Albumen print, 274x199mm]. Subjects = Burmese architecture; Burmese architecture (Buddhist); kyaungs (Burmese monasteries); monasteries; Scott (Sir George) Collectio...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1889
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 296/1(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 296/1(1)
Title:
General view from Mandalay Hill showing the 450 Pagodas and the 'Incomparable' Pagoda. Photographer: Beato, Felice
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Looking down onto the Kuthodaw Pagoda, with the Atumashi Kyaung beyond. Subjects = Burmese architecture; Burmese architecture (Buddhist); kyaungs (Burmese monasteries); monasteries; pagodas; temples Location = Burma; Mandalay; Mandalay Division; Myanmar
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1890
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 296/1(50)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 296/1(50)
Title:
The big image of Gautama in the Incomparable Pagoda, Mandalay. Photographer: Beato, Felice
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Subjects = Buddha images; interiors Location = Burma; Mandalay; Mandalay Division; Myanmar
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1890
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 296/1(51)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 296/1(51)
Title:
The 450 Pagodas taken from the central pagoda [Mandalay]. Photographer: Beato, Felice
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View looking south from the Kuthodaw Pagoda, across the lines of inscription shrines, towards the tiered stories of the Atumashi Kyaung ('Incomparable Pagoda') in the left background. City walls of Mandalay in the distance. Subjects = Burmese architecture; Bur...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1890
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 296/1(57)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 296/1(57)
Title:
Incomparable Pagoda [Mandalay]. Photographer: Beato, Felice
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view of the Atumashi Kyaung or Incomparable Pagoda, rising in five stories of tiered terraces. The building was destroyed by fire in 1892. Subjects = Burmese architecture; Burmese architecture (Buddhist); kyaungs (Burmese monasteries); monasteries Lo...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1890
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 312(34)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 312(34)
Title:
View from Mandalay Hill looking SE over the Koo-thoo-daw or Royal Merit House (the vast mass of white building on left) and the Atoo-ma-shee or Incomplete Pagoda (the large white building on right). Photographer: Hooper, Willoughby Wallace
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography This print is accompanied by a long letterpress description. Subjects = Burmese architecture; Burmese architecture (Buddhist); kyaungs (Burmese monasteries); monasteries; pagodas; temples Location = Burma; Mandalay; Mandalay Division; Myanmar
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1886
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 312(52)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 312(52)
Title:
Interior of the Kootoo-ma-shee [Atumashi] or Incomparable Pagoda, [Mandalay], shewing the image of Gautama. The interior of this building is gorgeous in the extreme, it being entirely overlaid with gold leaf and decorated with pieces of looking-glass. Photographer: Hooper, Willoughby Wallace
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Caption continues: 'The figure, which is of immense size, is also covered with gold; it used to have a large and valuable ruby in the centre of the forehead, but this gem disappeared about the time of our taking possession'. Subjects = Buddha images; Burmese a...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1886
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 312(53)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 312(53)
Title:
Specimen of the Wood Carving inside the Atoo-ma-shee or Incomparable Pagoda, [Mandalay]. The figures, scrolls, &c, are all carved of solid logs of teak, the whole of the interior of this building is overlaid with gold-leaf. Photographer: Hooper, Willoughby Wallace
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Subjects = Burmese architecture; Burmese architecture (Buddhist); Indian sculpture; interiors; kyaungs (Burmese monasteries); monasteries; woodcarving Location = Burma; Mandalay; Mandalay Division; Myanmar
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1886
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 430/14(27)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 430/14(27)
Title:
The Incomparable Pagoda, [Mandalay]. Photographer: Watts and Skeen
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Subjects = Burmese architecture; Burmese architecture (Buddhist); Curzon Collection; kyaungs (Burmese monasteries); monasteries Location = Burma; Mandalay; Mandalay Division; Myanmar
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item