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51. Photo 242/3(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 242/3(2)
Title:
[South entrance of the Farm Cave, Moulmein District.] Photographer: Oertel, Frederick Oscar
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography With carved Buddha images at mouth of cave. This photograph also appears as plate 37 in F.O. Oertel, 'Notes on a Tour in Burma in March and April 1892' (Rangoon, 1893). Once full of Buddha images, by the late 1890s much had already been stolen or destroyed and in th...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1892
Extent:
1 item

52. Photo 242/3(28)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 242/3(28)
Title:
Carvings [in the Uzina Pagoda], Moulmein. Photographer: Oertel, Frederick Oscar
Scope & Content:
Photograph also used in F.O. Oertel, Notes on a Tour in Burma in March and April 1892 (Rangoon, 1893), and there titled: 'Carved wooden figures at the Uzina or South Pagoda, Moulmein, representing the four visions of Buddha. Modern.' Subjects = arts & crafts; woodcarving
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1892
Extent:
1 item

53. Photo 242/3(29)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 242/3(29)
Title:
[Group of figures round the base of a flagstaff (Tagondaing), Shwe Dagon Pagoda, Rangoon. Photographer: Oertel, Frederick Oscar
Scope & Content:
Tiers of carved wooden figures seated at each angle of the octagonal base of the Tagondaing. Photograph also used as plate 4 in F.O. Oertel, Notes on a Tour in Burma in March and April 1892 (Rangoon, 1893). Subjects = arts & crafts; woodcarving Location = Burma; Myanmar; Rangoon; Rangoon...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1892
Extent:
1 item