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1421. Photo 92/2(67)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/2(67)
Title:
Myosa of Loi Ngun. This peculiar name is spelt in Burmese Ngwe-daung. The state is a sub-feudatory of Eastern Karenni. The Myosa was in charge up to 1896, was then deposed by Sawlawi (Ruler of Karenni) and died in prison the next year. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Caption continues: 'He looks so melancholy here he might have forseen his unhappy fate'. Full-length seated portrait, with retainers, in front of a tent.He was sentenced to twenty years' imprisonment and died at Ywathit in August 1897. Subjects = Burmese rulers; et...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

1422. Photo 92/3(13)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/3(13)
Title:
On the first visit paid by any British official to the trans-Salween state of Kengtung, there was some danger of a mischance averted by Scott's firmness and political sense. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events Caption continues: 'Afterwards the durbar shed was run up in which conference could be held between the young and ignorant ruler and the British representative'. Showing unidentified Europeans on the verandah of the durbar shed (see print 69 for a view of this building ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890
Extent:
1 item

1423. Photo 92/3(62)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/3(62)
Title:
The jungle, Hwe Ka Han. The Gazetteer gives this name as a small stream, a tributary of the Melayu, with a route to Mehongson along its banks. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography See also Photo 92/4 (50). Subjects = jungle scenery; Scott (Sir George) Collection
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1890
Extent:
1 item

1424. Photo 92/3(64)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/3(64)
Title:
On the Second Wild Wa Expedition 1897-8. The village above is the recalcitrant Loi Lon. The speckled horse appears in many photoes. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View looking towards the village of Loi Lon, perched on the summit of a rounded hill. Horses grazing in foreground. See G.E. Mitton, Scott of the Shan Hills (London, 1936), pp.235-9, for an account of Scott's visit there during the Second Wild Wa Expedition. Subje...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1897
Extent:
1 item

1425. Photo 92/5(67)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/5(67)
Title:
The coolie end of camp. Coolie basket in foreground. Kettle in the middle [Shan States]. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Camp scene in the coolie quarters. Subjects = camps; Scott (Sir George) Collection
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

1426. Photo 92/6(3)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/6(3)
Title:
Riang (Yang-Wan-Hkun) women on one side and men on the other [Shan States]. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Group of five women and five men. Subjects = ethnic groups; Riangs; Scott (Sir George) Collection
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

1427. Photo 92/11(312)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/11(312)
Title:
Pet Ken chiefs, Pang Mi. Note the bathroom in the back of crowd. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Assembly of chiefs. A similar view, but in landscape format, is reproduced in G.E. Mitton, 'Scott of the Shan Hills' (London, 1936), with the caption, 'The meeting of the Pet Ken (Wa chiefs). The interpreter is reading the letter of appointment. Note the singul...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Apr 1897
Extent:
1 item

1428. Photo 92/17(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/17(4)
Title:
A stone canoe, probably used as a drinking trough for animals, elephants, cattle, etc. (used to contain offerings of rice). (Mr Smither the Government Architect is seated in the centre). Photographer: Lawton, Joseph
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View of one of the massive stone troughs, standing among pillars, with Smither beside it. The 'canoes' stand to the south-west of the Jetawanarama Dagaba. James G. Smither, Government Architect, was the author of 'Architectural Remains, Anuradhapura, Ceylon' (Lo...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870-1871
Extent:
1 item

1429. Photo 92/1(23)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/1(23)
Title:
A street in Yunnan Fu [Kunming] with one of the characteristic gates so massive, yet so narrow of access. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View looking along the crowded street towards the city gateway. Subjects = boundary commissions; Chinese architecture; gateways; Scott (Sir George) Collection; street scenes Location = China; Kunming; Yunnan
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1899
Extent:
1 item

1430. Photo 92/1(64)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/1(64)
Title:
[Group portrait at Monglem.] This picture appeared in 'Scott of the Shan Hills'. The Jemadar of the Ghurkas and the Subadar of the Sikhs, have stood like rocks. Not so their comrade. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Print reproduced in G.E. Mitton, Scott of the Shan Hills (London, 1936), facing p.230, and there captioned: 'At Monglem over the Chinese border. Col. Wang in his riding cloak, with Tao in white (Chinese mourning), and Col. Couchman. Ranged up on the right are the Sub...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Mar 1897
Extent:
1 item