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91. Photo 15/6(5)

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Photo 15/6(5)
Title:
[Portrait of Sir Rajendra Singh, Maharaja of Patiala.] Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Full-length portrait, seated on throne with right leg raised on footstool and holding sword. Second copy neg at B.4508. Subjects = arms and armour; Elgin Collection; footstools; furniture and furnishings; Indian rulers; swords; thrones Location = India; Patiala; ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1898
Extent:
1 item

92. Photo 15/6(6)

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Photo 15/6(6)
Title:
Interior of the Palace at Patiala. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View in one of the halls of the palace, furnished in European style and with a profusion of chandeliers hanging from the ceiling. Subjects = Anglo-Indian architecture; chandeliers; Elgin Collection; furniture and furnishings; interiors; palaces Location = In...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1898
Extent:
1 item

93. Photo 15/6(18)

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Photo 15/6(18)
Title:
Elephant at work [Rangoon]. Photographer: Klier, Philip Adolphe
Scope & Content:
Elephant hauling a teak log in a timber yard at Rangoon. Subjects = animals; elephants; Elgin Collection; teak; timber industry Location = Burma; Myanmar; Rangoon; Rangoon Division
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

94. Photo 15/6(19)

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Photo 15/6(19)
Title:
Elephant at work [Rangoon]. Photographer: Klier, Philip Adolphe
Scope & Content:
Elephant carrying a sawn length of timber. Duplicate at Photo 88 (63). Subjects = animals; elephants; Elgin Collection; teak; timber industry Location = Burma; Myanmar; Rangoon; Rangoon Division
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

95. Photo 15/6(20)

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Photo 15/6(20)
Title:
Royal Lakes Rangoon at eventide. Photographer: Klier, Philip Adolphe
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Subjects = Elgin Collection; public gardens Location = Burma; Myanmar; Rangoon; Rangoon Division
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

96. Photo 15/6(21)

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Photo 15/6(21)
Title:
Burmese racing boats. Photographer: Klier, Philip Adolphe
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Two long Burmese racing canoes in river in foreground, spectators on verandah of building on further bank. Duplicate at Photo 88 (29). Subjects = boat racing; Burmese (ethnic group); Elgin Collection; ethnic groups; sports
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

97. Photo 15/6(22)

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Photo 15/6(22)
Title:
Government House, Mandalay. Photographer: Beato, Felice
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view of part of the Palace at Mandalay, taken over for use as Government House by the British. Probably a Beato photograph: see duplicate at Photo 296/1 (2). Subjects = Burmese architecture; Elgin Collection; government houses; palaces Location = Bur...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1890
Extent:
1 item

98. Photo 15/6(23)

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Photo 15/6(23)
Title:
View of the moat outside Dufferin Fort, Mandalay. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Looking along the moat, with city wall (enclosing the Palace grounds and cantonment of Fort Dufferin) at left. Burmese group posed in foreground. Subjects = Elgin Collection Location = Burma; Mandalay; Mandalay Division; Myanmar
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

99. Photo 15/6(24)

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Photo 15/6(24)
Title:
Another view [of the moat and Palace wall, Mandalay]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography A clearer view of the wall surrounding the Palace and cantonment, insterspersed at intervals with ornate wooden watchtowers. Second copy neg at B.11998. Subjects = Elgin Collection; forts; watchtowers Location = Burma; Mandalay; Mandalay Division; Myanmar
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

100. Photo 15/6(25)

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Photo 15/6(25)
Title:
The Palace. The centre of the universe, Mandalay. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography The main buildings of the royal palace or Nandaw, with the gilded spire or shwepyathat. The centre of the palace was formerly known as the 'Centre of the Universe'. Second copy neg at B.12011. Subjects = Burmese architecture; Elgin Collection; palaces Locati...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item