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111. Photo 242/3(29)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 242/3(29)
Title:
[Group of figures round the base of a flagstaff (Tagondaing), Shwe Dagon Pagoda, Rangoon. Photographer: Oertel, Frederick Oscar
Scope & Content:
Tiers of carved wooden figures seated at each angle of the octagonal base of the Tagondaing. Photograph also used as plate 4 in F.O. Oertel, Notes on a Tour in Burma in March and April 1892 (Rangoon, 1893). Subjects = arts & crafts; woodcarving Location = Burma; Myanmar; Rangoon; Rangoon...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1892
Extent:
1 item

112. Photo 242/1(14)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 242/1(14)
Title:
Chaitya at new shrine of the holy tooth, Kandy [Ceylon]. Photographer: Scowen and Company, Charles T.
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Subjects = architectural elements; chaitya halls (Buddhist); Sri Lankan architecture; Sri Lankan architecture (Buddhist); temples Location = Central Province; Ceylon; Kandy; Sri Lanka
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s-1880s
Extent:
1 item

113. Photo 242/1(5)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 242/1(5)
Title:
Mingan Pagoda opposite M'lay [Mandalay]. Across the river, destroyed by an earthquake. The great bell of the pagoda one of the largest in the world. Photographer: Beato, Felice
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Photograph uncredited, but probably by Beato. Looking towards the massive base of the (uncompleted) Mingun Pagoda, with the great bell in the foreground. Second copy negative at B.25605. Subjects = Burmese architecture; Burmese architecture (Buddhist); pagodas...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

114. Photo 242/1(20)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 242/1(20)
Title:
A friez[e] carved kyaung and pagoda near the Royal Burial Ground in the N.W. portion of Mandalay. Photographer: Beato, Felice
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Subjects = Location = Burma; Mandalay; Mandalay Division; Myanmar
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item