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1461. Photo 92/13(7)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/13(7)
Title:
Banyan at Kawn Ye [?Kawng Ai]. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View of banyan tree, with note reading 'In the Handbook'. This refers to the reproduced version in J.G. Scott, 'Burma. A handbook of practical information' (London, nd), facing p. 220. [Albumen print, 118x181mm]. Subjects = banyans; trees & plants Location ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

1462. Photo 92/13(8)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/13(8)
Title:
[Snapshot of campsite in forest clearing.] Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography [Albumen print, 62x62mm (circular image)]. Subjects = camps
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

1463. Photo 92/13(9)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/13(9)
Title:
Man Hsum camp. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Subjects = camps Location = Burma; Man Hpang; Myanmar; Shan
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

1464. Photo 92/14

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/14
Title:
James George Scott Collection: Negatives of Burma by Lady Scott (Geraldine Edith Mitton). Photographer(s): Mitton, Geraldine Edith
Scope & Content:
Collection of 154 nitrate negatives, originally contained in a negative wallet labelled 'Burma 1907-7.' The negatives are unindexed and uncaptioned, although a number are signed 'G. E. Mitton' on the edge of the film. A note in ladt Scott's hand on one of the index pages reads 'All more or less ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1906-1907
Extent:
Unspecified

1465. Photo 92/15

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/15
Title:
James George Scott Collection: Negatives of Ceylon (mainly antiquities of Anuradhapura and Polonnaruwa) by Lady Scott (Geraldine Edith Mitton). Photographer(s): Mitton, Geraldine Edith
Scope & Content:
Collection of 85 nitrate negatives, originally housed in a negative wallet labelled in Lady Scott's hand, 'Ceylon Polonnarua also Marmagao ship &c.' The majority of the views relate to the ruined cities of Anuradhapura and Polonnaruwa, a number of which are reproduced in G. E. Mitton, 'The l...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1910
Extent:
Unspecified

1466. Photo 92/16

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/16
Title:
Scott Collection: Photographs of the Ruined Cities of Ceylon. Photographer(s): Lawton, Joseph
Scope & Content:
Green buckram and half-leather bound volume measuring 330 x 425 mm, the binding is poor condition, with cloth lifting slightly, spine scuffed and boards loose. The album contains views by Joseph Lawton of the ruins and irrigation works at Anuradhapura, Polonnaruwa, Dambulla, Minneriya and Girite...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870-1871
Extent:
39 items

1467. Photo 92/16(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/16(1)
Title:
The Kuttam Pokuna or twin tanks, bathing places lying side by side probably for the purposes of separation, it may be of priests from laity, or of the two sexes. Photographer: Lawton, Joseph
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view of the south tank, the walls of which are in a largely collapsed state. [Albumen print, signed 'Lawton' in the negative, 282x219mm]. Subjects = archaeological sites; Scott (Sir George) Collection; Sri Lankan architecture; Sri Lankan architecture ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870-1871
Extent:
1 item

1468. Photo 92/16(2)

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Photo 92/16(2)
Title:
Entrance to Abhayagiriya Vihare [sic, for Thuparama] at Pollonarua (Lieshing in front?). Photographer: Lawton, Joseph
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View from the east looking towards the entrance to the Thuparama Vihara at Polonnaruwa, here seen in ruinous condition before restoration. The figure standing beside the building has been tentatively identified as Louis Frederick Liesching, Assistant Government ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870-1871
Extent:
1 item

1469. Photo 92/16(3)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/16(3)
Title:
Pillars of the audience hall at Pollonaura [sic]. Photographer: Lawton, Joseph
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view of site. All that remains standing are the pillars of the pavilion, grouped among trees on a small knoll. See also print 7. [Albumen print, signed 'Lawton' in the negative, 280x206mm]. Subjects = archaeological sites; audience halls; Scott (Sir G...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870-1871
Extent:
1 item

1470. Photo 92/16(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/16(4)
Title:
An underground temple or retreat attached to a temple. Tamil coolies on left. [Original caption crossed out and replaced with:' Dressing-room attached to bathing tank under the bund of Tiss-wewa, Ana-pura.'] Photographer: Lawton, Joseph
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View looking towards entrance to structure, with two figures posed at left. The corrected caption is probably the work of Geraldine Mitton (see introduction). [Albumen print, signed 'Lawton' in the negative, 283x214mm]. Subjects = archaeological sites; irriga...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870-1871
Extent:
1 item