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1451. Photo 92/11(307)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/11(307)
Title:
No. 96. Mong Pan Sawbwa's family, 1890. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Group portrait of Sawbwa with wives and children, posed on verandah. Sow Hkun Leng (c.1849-1895), succeeded to the Sawbwaship of Mong Pan in 1886. Scott assesses his character as follows: 'Shrewd and certainly loyal. His father was a Burmese Myook who married Kun Tun...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890
Extent:
1 item

1452. Photo 92/11(200)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/11(200)
Title:
No. 21. Loingun Myosa. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Full-length portrait of the Myosa seated on a camp chair in front of tents, with attendants seated on the ground beside him. [Albumen print, 239x189mm]. Subjects = Burmese rulers; Myosas; Scott (Sir George) Collection
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890
Extent:
1 item

1453. Photo 92/5(32)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/5(32)
Title:
One of the monasteries at Mong Pu, Kengtung. Mong Pu is a hilly state, but the town lies in a strath of level ground, watered by the Nam Tam and Nam Pu. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view of monastery building, in Chinese style. With tagondaings (long wooden posts with streamers set up in monastery precincts) in the foreground. Possibly photographed during the Burma-China Boundary Commission. Subjects = boundary commissions; Burmes...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

1454. Photo 92/6(36)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/6(36)
Title:
The women dressed in light colours are Taungyo, and the dark one a Taungthu. The smock or jumper of the latter is black with a kind of diaper weave that excited admiration in the experts at the Sth. Kensington Mus. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Group portrait of Taungyo and one Taungthu women. Published: Sir George Scott, 'Among the Hill Tribes of Burma—An Ethnological Thicket' (National Geographic, vol. 41, no. 3, pp. 293-321, March 1922), p. 303, with caption note: Karen ladies posed for their pictu...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

1455. Photo 92/1(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/1(4)
Title:
Burma-China Boundary Commission 1898-9. Jamieson - Renny-Tailyour - Peng - Liu - Breithaupt - Capt. Walker - Leveson - Harrington. Without Scott our Comr. acting photographer. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Subjects = boundary commissions; Scott (Sir George) Collection
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item

1456. Photo 92/2(33)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/2(33)
Title:
Myosa of Mong Hsu (d.1917). A small province of only 164 square miles. Rolling country with limestone cliffs dotted about. These are often crowned with pagodas. Note the elephant boxes in the background. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Group portrait of the chief of Mong Hsu and some of his family, with retainers holding umbrellas over them. The Myosa seen here is presumably Hkun Maha, eldest son of a father of the same name, who succeeded in 1893. Subjects = Burmese rulers; dress; dress (Burmese...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

1457. Photo 92/3(65)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/3(65)
Title:
This was taken on the Chinese Boundary Commission, and was probably on the line of the Shweli. The communication rope from the camp to the houses above is plainly seen. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Subjects = boundary commissions; Scott (Sir George) Collection
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item

1458. Photo 92/4(5)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/4(5)
Title:
Scott, with Pink and Darwin on the first momentous expedition to Kengtung in 1890. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Subjects = Scott (Sir George) Collection Location = Burma; Keng Tung; Myanmar; Shan
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890
Extent:
1 item

1459. Photo 92/4(10)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/4(10)
Title:
Camp of military support, Wan Mau, Jan 1890. This was on the Second Anglo-Siamese Boundary Commission, the first having been abortive. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Distant view of camp, with jungle and hills beyond. Subjects = boundary commissions; camps; Scott (Sir George) Collection
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Jan 1890
Extent:
1 item

1460. Photo 92/5(30)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/5(30)
Title:
People watching the sports at Loi Lon in Wa-land on the first Wild Wa Expedition 1892. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events Spectators gathered on hillside. Subjects = military (general); military campaigns; Scott (Sir George) Collection; sports Location = Burma; Loi Lon; Myanmar; Shan
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1892
Extent:
1 item