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Subject Mingun Pagoda (Mingun)

21. Photo 1000/34(3545)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/34(3545)
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

22. Photo 1000/34(3546)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/34(3546)
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

23. Photo 1000/34(3547)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/34(3547)
Title:
No. 98. Mengoon. Pagoda from S.E. Photographer: Tripe, Linnaeus
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography With nearest corner collapsed. Letterpress continues: 'This corner shows the effects of the earthquake most completely. On reaching the top by it, the surface is seen rent into broad and deep fissures - a glacier in brickwork'. With India Museum wetstamp (unnum...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Sep 1855
Extent:
1 item

24. Photo 1004/1(408)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1004/1(408)
Title:
Mingun pagoda. Photographer: Archaeological Survey of India
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1906-1907
Extent:
1 item

25. Photo 1004/1(409)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1004/1(409)
Title:
Model [Pondawpaya] of Mingun pagoda. Photographer: Archaeological Survey of India
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1906-1907
Extent:
1 item

26. Photo 1004/1(410)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1004/1(410)
Title:
Mingun bell. Photographer: Archaeological Survey of India
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view of the colossal bronze bell.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1906-1907
Extent:
1 item

27. Photo 1004/2(511)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1004/2(511)
Title:
Remains of the figure of leogryph, Mingun Pagoda, [Sagaing]. Photographer: Archaeological Survey of India
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View of colossal collapsed chinthe, one of the pair in front of the Mingun Pagoda, largely obscured by vegetation. Subjects = Archaeological Survey of India Collections; Archaeological Survey of India Collections (Burma Series); architectural elements; Burmese...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1907-1908
Extent:
1 item