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1. Photo 1085/7

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1085/7
Title:
Monk Collection: Photographs of Decorations Erected in Rangoon to Celebrate the Coronation of Edward VII and of Buddhist funeral ceremonial. Photographer(s): Court, A. Benjamin
Scope & Content:
Collection of 26 loose prints showing decorations, triumphal arches, etc., erected in Rangoon to celebrate the Coronation of Edward VII on 1 January 1903. Each print has a descriptive caption written on the reverse, a number of them also signed 'A. Ben. Court' and dated 20 June 1903. It is assu...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1903
Extent:
26 items

2. Photo 1085/7(17)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1085/7(17)
Title:
Hpongyi-byan at Kemendine, Rangoon (1st view). Photographer: Court, A. Benjamin
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events Caption note reads in full: 'No. 1. Hpongyi-byan at Kemendine, Burma. General view of the ground where the festivities were held, showing principally the non-descript bird bearing the cage in which the coffin of the Hpongyi was supposed to have have been brought on to t...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1903
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 1085/7(18)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1085/7(18)
Title:
Hpongyi-byan at Kemendine, Rangoon (2nd view). Photographer: Court, A. Benjamin
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events Caption note reads in full: 'No. 2. Hpongi-byan at Kemendine, Burma. This is a closer view of the ground than No. 1 [print 17], and shows the two cages, which accompanied the car on which the Hpongyi's remains were conveyed to the ground. The small pandals behind and to...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1903
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 1085/7(19)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1085/7(19)
Title:
Hpongyi-byan at Kemendine, Rangoon (3rd view). Photographer: Court, A. Benjamin
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events Caption note reads in full: 'No. 3. Hpongi-byan at Kemendine, Burma. This shows two other refreshment tents and also the cradle in which the coffin was on view just before the cremation. The bier is covered with a mantle studded with precious stones and ornamented with ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1903
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 1085/7(20)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1085/7(20)
Title:
Hpongyi-byan at Kemendine, Rangoon (4th view). Photographer: Court, A. Benjamin
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events Caption note reads in full: 'No. 4. Hpongi-byan at Kemendine, Burma. This is a representation of that part of a Hpongyi-Kyoung [monastery] where Buddha's image is usually kept. The base is decorated with allegorical figures and pictures, some of which were most fantasti...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1903
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 1085/7(21)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1085/7(21)
Title:
Hpongyi-byan at Kemendine, Rangoon (5th view). Photographer: Court, A. Benjamin
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events Caption note reads in full: 'No. 5. Hpongi-byan at Kemendine, Burma. This shows a closer view of one of the cages, shown in No. 2 [print 18]. The car was a most magnificent structure, standing between 80 and 90 feet from the ground.' [Printing-out paper, 115x152mm]. ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1903
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 1085/7(22)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1085/7(22)
Title:
Hpongyi-byan at Kemendine, Rangoon (6th view). Photographer: Court, A. Benjamin
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events Caption note reads in full: 'No. 6. Hpongi-byan at Kemendine, Burma. This is a closer view of another cage, slight[ly] different but just as beautiful as that shown in No. 5 [print 21].' [Printing-out paper, 110x150mm]. Subjects = cremation; funerals; Monk Collection...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1903
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 1085/7(23)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1085/7(23)
Title:
Hpongyi-byan at Kemendine, Rangoon (6th view). Photographer: Court, A. Benjamin
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events Caption note reads in full: 'No. 7. Hpongi-byan at Kemendine, Burma. This shows another car with a horseman on a thoro-bred bearing a car containing the Hpongyi's rermains before it had been deposited on to the cage shown in No. 1 [print 17]. The horseman is a royal pri...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1903
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 1085/7(24)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1085/7(24)
Title:
Hpongyi-byan at Kemendine, Rangoon (8th view). Photographer: Court, A. Benjamin
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events Caption note reads in full: 'No. 8. Hpongi-byan at Kemendine, Burma. This shows the car borne by the horseman in No. 7 [print 23], on exhibition under a pandal. Note the head Hpongyi on the left with an acolyte on his right. There is an amused and benign expression on h...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1903
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 1085/7(25)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1085/7(25)
Title:
Hpongyi-byan at Kemendine, Rangoon (9th view). Photographer: Court, A. Benjamin
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events Caption note reads in full: 'No. 9. Hpongi-byan at Kemendine, Burma. This shows another pandal under which the coffin is on exhibition, on a car similar to that borne by the bird in No. 1 [print 17].' [Printing-out paper, 150x111mm]. Subjects = cremation; funerals; M...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1903
Extent:
1 item