Genre: Architectural Photography Subjects = dagabas (stupas); Sri Lankan architecture; Sri Lankan architecture (Buddhist); stupas Location = Anuradhapura; Ceylon; North Central Province; Sri Lanka
Genre: Architectural Photography Four-sided statue of the seated Buddha, here seen in much overgrown condition, with on of the faces lying on the ground in the foreground. A group of Burmese man are posed in attitudes of prayer in front of the statue. The photograph also appears as the frontisp...
The Pumpkin Pagoda, Pagan, 1866 Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Architectural Photography General view of the Bupaya Pagoda, known as the Pumpkin Pagoda from the bulbous shape of the pagoda. Completely destroyed in the earthquake of 1975 and later rebuilt. Second copy negative at B.25606. Subjects = Burmese architecture; Burmese architecture (Buddh...
Pagan. General view. Photographer: Oertel, Frederick Oscar
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Genre: Architectural Photography View of temples and pagodas on the plain. This photograph also appears as plate 18 in F.O. Oertel, 'Notes of a Tour in Burma in March and April 1892' (Rangoon, 1893); it is there titled, ' View of Pagan from above the Court-House'. See Photo 998. Second copy neg...