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1461. Photo 92/5(34)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/5(34)
Title:
Two gigantic leogryphs guard the entrance to a monastery whiles the horses of the [Burma-China Boundary] Commission graze around. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View of two chinthes. Monastery buildings not visible. Location unspecified. Subjects = architectural elements; Burmese architecture; Burmese architecture (Buddhist); chinthes (Burmese temple guardian figures); Scott (Sir George) Collection
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item

1462. Photo 92/5(41)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/5(41)
Title:
Camp outside Kengtung in 1891 [sic for 1890], the first time any British official had visited this important border state. The party were nearly all scuppered and were only saved by Scott's dignity and firmness. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events General view of the camp. Reproduced in G.E. Mitton, Scott of the Shan Hills (London, 1936), facing p.142, captioned 'The Camp just outside Kengtung where the affray over the Panthay muleteers happened'. See Mitton, op. cit., pp.143-7 for an acoount of the incident. S...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890
Extent:
1 item

1463. Photo 92/5(71)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/5(71)
Title:
Street in Monglem. Scott and his party visited Monglem on urgent invitation during his 1897 tour of the Wa country. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Subjects = Scott (Sir George) Collection Location = China; Monglem; Yunnan
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1897
Extent:
1 item

1464. Photo 92/10(63)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/10(63)
Title:
Wa women wearing 'silver ear-tubes that are like gigantic carpet tacks'. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length standing portrait of a group of Wa women. [Gelatin silver print, 111x174mm]. Subjects = dress; ethnic groups; jewellery; Was (ethnic group, Burma)
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1908
Extent:
1 item

1465. Photo 92/11(57)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/11(57)
Title:
Civil Mess House, Palace, Mandalay. Formerly the King's private room; scene of arrest of the Taingdah Mingyi. Photographer: Beato, Felice
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View of entrance. This appears to be the structure described by George W. Bird, Wanderings in Burma (Bournemouth and London, 1897, p. 266): 'The small brick building in front of which are a number of white washed masonry pillars with a cornice running round the ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1889
Extent:
1 item

1466. Photo 92/11(182)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/11(182)
Title:
No. 12. Camp, 52nd O.L.I. [Oxfordshire Light Infantry], Fort Stedman, Decr. 1889. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography View of the camp of the Oxfordshire Light Infantry, which supplied the Anglo-Siamese Boundary Commission escort. The print is very damaged, with a tear down the centre. [Albumen print, 236x176mm]. Subjects = British army; military (general); military escorts; Oxfo...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Dec 1889
Extent:
1 item

1467. Photo 92/1(55)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/1(55)
Title:
Another view of the same with a fine growth of bamboo in the background. The British native officers stand up in soldierly fashion [Monglem, Yunnan]. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Group photograph similar to prints 52 and 54, but with Colonel Wang rather than Tao seated in the centre of the group. Subjects = military (general); military campaigns; Scott (Sir George) Collection Location = China; Monglem; Yunnan
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Mar 1897
Extent:
1 item

1468. Photo 92/1(56)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/1(56)
Title:
This is a picture taken on the outskirts of Monglem in 1897. The glimpses of the thatched houses with the cross-trees seen behind the bamboos is picturesque. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Large clumps of bamboos in foreground, thatched houses beyond. Subjects = bamboos; military (general); military campaigns; Scott (Sir George) Collection; trees & plants Location = China; Monglem; Yunnan
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Mar 1897
Extent:
1 item

1469. Photo 92/1(57)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/1(57)
Title:
The thatched bridge at Monglem is easily recognisable. Along the bit of level ground on the bank of the river Scott organised sports. Tent-pegging - the peg is seen in the foreground - excited great appreciation. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
River and thatched bridge at right, with spectators gathered for the tent-pegging on the bank of the Nam Lwi at the left. For the tent-pegging in progress, see Photo 92/3 (53). Subjects = bridges; military (general); military campaigns; Scott (Sir George) Collection; sports; tent-pegging Loc...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Mar 1897
Extent:
1 item

1470. Photo 92/1(61)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/1(61)
Title:
Another view of the celebrated bridge [over the Nam Lwi at Monglem]. The kind of immensely long bamboos, of which it is composed, can be seen getting seasoned in the foreground. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View of the thatched bridge also seen in print 57. Subjects = bridges; military (general); military campaigns; river scenes; Scott (Sir George) Collection Location = China; Monglem; Nam Lwi (river); Yunnan
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Mar 1897
Extent:
1 item