Amir Husein Khan, Shuja-ed-Dowlah, Ilkhani of Kuchan (Given to me by himself), Oct. 1889. Died 1894. Persia, vol.I, 100. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Portrait Photography Three-quarter length seated studio portrait, somewhat faded. 'He was careful to explain that, having been taken by a Persian artist, the likeness entirely failed to do him justice, a criticism which I am bound to endorse, as, though an ugly, he was in no sense a forb...
View looking towards the Farm Caves [from Moulmein]. Photographer: Watts and Skeen
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Genre: Landscape Photography View over the rooftops of Moulmein, with a pagoda in the foreground. Print captioned in negative 'Ding-Woon-Quin Maulmain' (Daing-wun-kwin). The caves themselves are not visible. Subjects = Burmese architecture; Burmese architecture (Buddhist); Curzon Collection; ...
Nats guarding entrance to Myangoon Pagoda, Maulmain. Photographer: Watts and Skeen
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Genre: Architectural Photography Carved figure beside temple entrance. This image is in the form of a lion, supported by a human figure with tattooed thighs. Subjects = Burmese architecture; Burmese architecture (Buddhist); Curzon Collection; Indian sculpture; nats; pagodas; temples