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71. Photo 92/1(63)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/1(63)
Title:
Nam Palo, where the 2nd Expedition to the Wild Wa country in 1897 camped. It was Easter Sunday, the first day they had not been sniped for weeks. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events General view of the thatched houses of the village, with the expedition camp in the foreground. Print reproduced in G.E. Mitton, Scott of the Shan Hills (London, 1936), facing p.252, and captioned 'Camp at Nam Palo near Na Fan. Here the party stopped for the night of Ea...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1897
Extent:
1 item

72. Photo 92/1(67)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/1(67)
Title:
I do not know who this Chinese official is. But he has managed to get his bodyguard much steadier for the photograph. Note the umbrella showing his high rank, and the two trumpeters advancing. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Caption continues: 'The silver hilted dha bound with cord is very prominent. The man is evidently proud of it'. The official is on horseback, with his bodyguard ranged on either side of him. This is probably the Chinese official Chen, photographed during the Burma-Ch...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1899
Extent:
1 item

73. Photo 92/1(58)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/1(58)
Title:
These paddy fields lie in the Monglem plain at the base of the hills of which the conspicuous peak is Loi Ang Lawng (9,000 ft) visible all over the Wa states. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography General view looking across the valley. Subjects = agriculture; military (general); military campaigns; paddy fields; rice industry; Scott (Sir George) Collection Location = China; Monglem; Yunnan
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Mar 1897
Extent:
1 item

74. Photo 92/1(51)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/1(51)
Title:
The Wa interpreter, Hseng Um Mong, who was the greatest help in the 2nd Wa Expedition. His wife and family. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Group portrait, the four figures squatting in front of a thatched house. Subjects = ethnic groups; military (general); military campaigns; Scott (Sir George) Collection; Was (ethnic group, Burma)
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1897
Extent:
1 item

75. Photo 92/1(66)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/1(66)
Title:
This shows a nearer view of the Gold Stream. Scott of course writing, his companion resting abandonment after the grilling walk over hills which at times could be described as having a gradient of 'one in one'. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events Scott is seated on a rock by the stream. Subjects = military (general); military campaigns; Scott (Sir George) Collection
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1897
Extent:
1 item

76. Photo 92/1(65)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/1(65)
Title:
Another view of the wonderful Gold Stream [in the Wa country], with the towering hills behind, seen by this party only. The track by which they came can be traced. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events A similar view, taken on the same occasion, is reproduced in G.E. Mitton, Scott of the Shan Hills (London, 1936), facing p.246, and there captioned: 'The bed of the Gold Stream. This photo is of exceptional interest. It shows men of many nationalities, in Scott's escort...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1897
Extent:
1 item

77. Photo 92/1(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/1(1)
Title:
The Burma-China Boundary Commission 1898-9. Peng - Liu - Breithaupt - Captain H.B. Walker - Renny Tailyour. These photoes were taken by J.G. Scott & so he, our commissioner, is not in them. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Group portrait of British and Chinese boundary commission staff. Subjects = boundary commissions; Scott (Sir George) Collection
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1898
Extent:
1 item