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21. Photo 15/6(29)

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Photo 15/6(29)
Title:
Where King Thibaw gave up his kingdom [Mandalay]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Subjects = Burmese architecture; Elgin Collection; palaces; summerhouses Location = Burma; Mandalay; Mandalay Division; Myanmar
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

22. Photo 15/6(21)

Reference (shelfmark):
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

23. Photo 15/6(53)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 15/6(53)
Title:
Burmese village poay. Photographer: Klier, Philip Adolphe
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Musicians and dancers posed in a clearing. Subjects = dance; Elgin Collection; musicians; pwes (Burmese dance performance)
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

24. Photo 15/6(19)

Reference (shelfmark):
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

25. Photo 15/6(20)

Reference (shelfmark):
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

26. Photo 15/6(49)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 15/6(49)
Title:
[Carvings on the Chinese temple at Bhamo.] Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Close-up of wood carvings. Subjects = arts & crafts; Elgin Collection; woodcarving Location = Bhamo; Burma; Kachin; Myanmar
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

27. Photo 15/6(38)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 15/6(38)
Title:
Burmese mother and child. Photographer: Beato, Felice
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length studio portrait, mother holding long cheroot. Photograph credited to Beato on basis of studio backdrop, which occurs in several of his photographs. Subjects = Burmese (ethnic group); Elgin Collection; ethnic groups; rites and customs; tobacco
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1890
Extent:
1 item

28. Photo 15/6(39)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 15/6(39)
Title:
Paloung woman [Burma]. Photographer: Beato, Felice
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length studio portrait, woman holding long cheroot. Photograph credited to Beato on basis of studio backdrop, which occurs in several of his photographs. Subjects = Burmese (ethnic group); Elgin Collection; ethnic groups; rites and customs; tobacco
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1890
Extent:
1 item

29. Photo 15/6(47)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 15/6(47)
Title:
Village buffalo cart [Burma]. Photographer: Klier, Philip Adolphe
Scope & Content:
Cart with wooden wheels and characteristic upwards-tapering sides and a prow-like wooden section on which the yoke is supported.. Subjects = buffalo carts; Elgin Collection; road transport; rural life; transport
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

30. Photo 15/6(54)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 15/6(54)
Title:
[Fortified village and stockade.] Photographer: Klier, Philip Adolphe
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events Looking along a palisade towards a group of soldiers gathered at the gateway to the unidentified village. The palisade has an additional defensive perimeter of sharp wooden stakes. Photograph presumably taken during one of the pacification campaigns following the Third ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1890
Extent:
1 item