No. 113. Rangoon. Great Bell of the [Shwe Dagon] Pagoda. Photographer: Tripe, Linnaeus
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Genre: Landscape Photography The bell, in an open-sided pavilion, stands beneath a large tree. Subjects = religion; religion (Buddhism); religious articles; religious articles (Buddhist); temple bells Location = Burma; Myanmar; Rangoon; Rangoon Division
No. 61. Amerapoora. Hut near Maha Bounghian Kyoung. Photographer: Tripe, Linnaeus
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Genre: Landscape Photography Thatched bamboo house with the roof of the monastery visible in the background. A characteristic Burmese carts with solid wooden wheels stands to the left. Subjects = Burmese architecture; carts; dwellings; road transport; transport Location = Amarapura; Burma; ...
No. 69. Amerapoora. Ooh-nein Gate of the City. Photographer: Tripe, Linnaeus
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Genre: Architectural Photography The gate consists of two massive stone piers supporting a wooden tiered roof. Letterpress continues: 'There are twelve gates to the wall of the city, three on each side. The above gate is the centre one on the east side'. Subjects = architectural elements; Bur...
No. 70. Amerapoora. Guardhouse, at the Ooh-nein Gate. Photographer: Tripe, Linnaeus
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Genre: Architectural Photography View of the guardhouse inside the Ooh-nein Gate, a modest wooden building divided into four compartments and raised on piles. Letterpress continues: 'There is a Guard-house at each gate'. Subjects = Burmese architecture; guardhouses Location = Amarapura; Bur...
No. 71. Amerapoora. A street leading to the Palace. Photographer: Tripe, Linnaeus
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Genre: Landscape Photography View looking along a street with lined with single-storied thatched houses towards the pyathat of the palace in the distance. Letterpress continues: 'The Ooh-nein gate leads into this street. The Palace is the centre of the city, and the streets leading from the cen...
No. 73. Amerapoora. Palace of the White Elephant. Photographer: Tripe, Linnaeus
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Genre: Architectural Photography A square, open-sided wooden hall with tiered roof. A number of cannons lie in the courtyard in the foreground. Letterpress continues: 'The white elephant is the same Crawfurd saw in 1826; it is now fifty years old: it has its guards, four white and eight gold um...
No. 80. Amerapoora. Kyoung near the Aracan Pagoda. Photographer: Tripe, Linnaeus
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Genre: Architectural Photography View of the central portion of the monastery, with stone staircase leading to the first floor platform in foreground. Letterpress continues: 'This is the longest kyoung in this neighbourhood, its platform is about 400 feet long. It is gilded'. Subjects = Burme...
No. 95. Amerapoora. Balcony of a small Kyoung. Photographer: Tripe, Linnaeus
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Genre: Architectural Photography Close-up detail of wood-carved balcony. Letterpress continues: 'This is another example of the fertility of design amongst the Burmese. It is of ungilt wood'. Subjects = architectural elements; Burmese architecture; Burmese architecture (Buddhist); kyaungs (Bu...