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81. Photo 61/1(88)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 61/1(88)
Title:
No. 88. Amerapoora. Doorway of Pyathat No. 87 [Maha-too-lo-Bounghian Kyoung]. Photographer: Tripe, Linnaeus
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Close-up detail of doorway with heavily-decorated portico. Letterpress continues: 'This doorway is the communication between the Kyoung, and the three pyathats on the E. of it. In the pyathats the Bishop takes his exercise; and the images and other sacred articl...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Sep 1855-Oct 1855
Extent:
1 item

82. Photo 61/1(89)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 61/1(89)
Title:
No. 89. Amerapoora. A doorway of Kyoung No. 86 [Maha-too-lo-Bounghian Kyoung]. Photographer: Tripe, Linnaeus
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Close-up detail of decorated doorway. Letterpress continues: 'The door itself is scarcely more than five and a half feet high'. Subjects = architectural elements; Burmese architecture; Burmese architecture (Buddhist); doorways; kyaungs (Burmese monasteries); m...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Sep 1855-Oct 1855
Extent:
1 item

83. Photo 61/1(91)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 61/1(91)
Title:
No. 91. Amerapoora. Balcony of Kyoung No. 86 [Maha-too-lo-Bounghian Kyoung]. Photographer: Tripe, Linnaeus
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Close-up detail of richly-carved woodwork. Letterpress continues: 'The festooned panelling on this has very fine effect; the principal lines are marked by mirror. The corbels and open tracery below are remarkable'. Subjects = architectural elements; Burmese ar...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Sep 1855-Oct 1855
Extent:
1 item

84. Photo 61/1(13)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 61/1(13)
Title:
No. 13. Pugahm Myo [Pagan]. Sheen-byeen-baudi Pagoda [Mahabodhi Pagoda]. Photographer: Tripe, Linnaeus
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view of the Mahabodhi Pagoda at Pagan. With letterpress note: 'A peculiar specimen of Pugahm architecture rather Hindoo-like in style. The spire and walls outside are crowded with figures of Gautama in niches. In the enclosure in front are some fifty anc...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1855
Extent:
1 item

85. Photo 61/1(31)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 61/1(31)
Title:
No. 31. Tsagain Myo [Sagaing]. Litters under a shed. Photographer: Tripe, Linnaeus
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed 'L. Tripe' in ink, lower right of print. View of intricately-carved wooden palanquins lying in a shed, partially overgrown with vegetation. with letterpress note: 'These were left by will to the Aong-mre-lo-ka Pagoda near them, by members of the Royal family; equipages belon...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Aug 1855-Sep 1855
Extent:
1 item

86. Photo 61/1(34)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 61/1(34)
Title:
No. 34. Tsagain Myo [Sagaing]. View near the River. Photographer: Tripe, Linnaeus
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed 'L. Tripe' in ink, bottom right of print. Genre: Architectural Photography View on the bank of the Irrawaddy, looking towards a house, set among trees and raised on piles over the water. With letterpress note: 'The Irrawadi at the time of the freshes, inundates the country ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Aug 1855-Sep 1855
Extent:
1 item

87. Photo 61/1(40)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 61/1(40)
Title:
No. 40. Amerapoora [Amarapura]. Barracks of the Burmese Guard. Photographer: Tripe, Linnaeus
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed 'L. Tripe' in ink, bottom right of print. Genre: Architectural Photography View looking along the front of the thatched huts running along the outer wall of the Residency, served as barracks for the Burmese guard of honour to the mission. The Irrawaddy is visible in the lef...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Sep 1855-Oct 1855
Extent:
1 item

88. Photo 61/1(42)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 61/1(42)
Title:
No. 42. Amerapoora [Amarapura]. Mygabhoodee-tee Kyoung from E. Photographer: Tripe, Linnaeus
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed 'L. Tripe' in ink, bottom right of print. Genre: Architectural Photography General view of the small wooden monastery buildings. With letterpress note: 'This small monastery, near the Residency, attracted much attention from the richness of its carving and the beauty of its...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Sep 1855-Oct 1855
Extent:
1 item

89. Photo 61/1(47)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 61/1(47)
Title:
No. 47. Amerapoora [Amarapura]. Gateway behind the Statue. Photographer: Tripe, Linnaeus
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed 'L. Tripe' in ink, bottom left of print. Genre: Architectural Photography View looking towards arched brick and stucco gateway and surrounding wall enclosing the temple complex beyond. With letterpress note: 'The latter [viz. the statue of Buddha seen in print 46] is in a s...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Sep 1855-Oct 1855
Extent:
1 item

90. Photo 61/1(49)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 61/1(49)
Title:
No. 49. Amerapoora. Mhoo-daughee Pagoda [Kaunghmudaw Pagoda, Sagain]. Photographer: Tripe, Linnaeus
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed 'L. Tripe' in ink, bottom right of print. Genre: Architectural Photography General view of the Kaunghmudaw Pagoda, a dome-shaped stupa partially obscured by a tree in the foreground. This stupa is located a few miles north of Sagain rather than in Amarapura. With letterpres...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Sep 1855-Oct 1855
Extent:
1 item