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Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 15/1(85)
Title:: Shipping on the Hooghly, Calcutta. Photographer: Bourne and Shepherd
Scope & Content:: Genre: Landscape Photography Subjects = Elgin Collection; local craft; river scenes; steamers; transport; water transport Location = Calcutta; Hugli (river); India; West Bengal
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1890s
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 15/5(22)
Title:: The two palaces, Oodeypoor. Photographer: Bourne and Shepherd
Scope & Content:: Genre: Landscape Photography Subjects = Elgin Collection; local craft; transport; water transport
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1880s
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 15/6(11)
Title:: The Burmese Arch [of Welcome, Rangoon]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:: Genre: Historical Events Triumphal arch or pandal erected by the Burmese community to welcome Lord Elgin to Rangoon: 'The design of the structure was that [with] which every resident in the province is familiar, the pandal being crowned with ten gilt pyathats. The interior and the exterior were...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: Nov 1898
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 15/6(12)
Title:: The Chinese Arch [of Welcome, Rangoon]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:: Genre: Historical Events Arch erected by the Cantonese community to welcome Lord Elgin to Rangoon: 'The third and last erection in the same street [Latter Street] was the magnificent one raised by the Canton community. In front in large letters was the word 'Welcome' and on either side were ric...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: Nov 1898
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 15/6(19)
Title:: Elephant at work [Rangoon]. Photographer: Klier, Philip Adolphe
Scope & Content:: Elephant carrying a sawn length of timber. Duplicate at Photo 88 (63). Subjects = animals; elephants; Elgin Collection; teak; timber industry Location = Burma; Myanmar; Rangoon; Rangoon Division
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1890s
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 15/6(20)
Title:: Royal Lakes Rangoon at eventide. Photographer: Klier, Philip Adolphe
Scope & Content:: Genre: Landscape Photography Subjects = Elgin Collection; public gardens Location = Burma; Myanmar; Rangoon; Rangoon Division
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1890s
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 15/10(7)
Title:: Papier maché ornament painters. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:: Genre: Ethnographical Photography Interior view of studio, with workers and painted objects. Subjects = Elgin Collection; occupations; papier maché painters
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1890s
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 15/10(10)
Title:: Stone cutters & polishers. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:: Genre: Ethnographical Photography Three men at work. Second copy neg at B.444 Subjects = Elgin Collection; occupations; stonecutters
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1890s
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 15/10(20)
Title:: Country women [Kashmir]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:: Genre: Ethnographical Photography Two women, posed with wicker baskets on their heads. Subjects = Elgin Collection; ethnic groups; Kashmiris
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1890s
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 15/10(21)
Title:: Shepherd mountain home. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:: Genre: Ethnographical Photography Family group at the entrance to a rough hut. Subjects = Elgin Collection; occupations; shepherds
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1890s
Extent:: 1 item

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