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Photo 92/1
- Record Id:
- 040-003045120
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003045119
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100025648519.0x000e21
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Photo 92/1
- Title:
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Scott Collection: Burma-China Boundary Commission and 2nd Wild Wa Expedition Photographs. Photographer(s): Scott, James George
- Scope & Content:
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Black half-leather bound album (spine broken and covers detached) measuring 304 x 370 mm, with prints inserted one to a page in window mounts, with typewritten captions pasted beneath each print. A handwritten note pasted onto the front free endpaper reads: 'In this Chinese Boundary photoes Also 1897-8 expedition Wild Wa Country. For photoes in these books see lists already sent to Librarian India Office'.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003045119
040-003045120 - Is part of:
- Photo 92 : Sir James George Scott Collection: Photographs of Burma (particularly the Shan States). Photographer(s): Scott, James George
Photo 92/1 : Scott Collection: Burma-China Boundary Commission and 2nd Wild Wa Expedition Photographs. Photographer(s): Scott, James George - Contains:
- Photo 92/1(1) : The Burma-China Boundary Commission 1898-9. Peng - Liu - Breithaupt - Captain H.B. Walker - Renny Tailyour. These photoes were taken…
Photo 92/1(2) : The Burma-China Boundary Commission 1898-9. Peng - Col Ma - Capt Walker - Jamieson - Prefect of Lungling - Liu [near Longling,…
Photo 92/1(3) : Scenery overlooking the Shweli River [Shan State, Burma]. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Photo 92/1(4) : Burma-China Boundary Commission 1898-9. Jamieson - Renny-Tailyour - Peng - Liu - Breithaupt - Capt. Walker - Leveson -…
Photo 92/1(5) : Mr Peng in everyday attire. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Photo 92/1(6) : Mr Peng all dressed up. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Photo 92/1(7) : Gen Liu[?], Chinese Commissioner for two years, on the Burma-China Boundary Commission. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Photo 92/1(8) : Burma-China Boundary Commission 1898-9. Breithaupt - Col Cox - Liu - Col Ma - Capt Walker - Jamieson (back) - Peng. Note the…
Photo 92/1(9) : Same persons in group [as print 8]. Scott of course never appeared because he took the photoes. Note bottle of sherry on table, and…
Photo 92/1(10) : Gen. Liu presiding at a court martial on one of his men. The affair took ten minutes and at the end the offender had his head cut…
Photo 92/1(11) : Another view of the same court-martial [Loilong, Shan State]. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Photo 92/1(12) : An informal group on the [Burma-China Boundary] Commission. None of them thought of touching the button and letting Scott, the…
Photo 92/1(13) : A group of Chinese buildings probably over the border into Yunnan fu. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Photo 92/1(14) : A Chinese official, probably Chen, who came instead of Peng the second year, to work with Liu. The triangle formation is…
Photo 92/1(15) : Another group of the first [Burma-China Boundary] Commission year. The party had been reinforced, among the newcomers Col…
Photo 92/1(16) : Still another variation of the setting of the party, still without Scott. [Probably at Longling, Western Yunnan.] Photographer:…
Photo 92/1(17) : Shrine at monastery in Yunnan Fu [Kunming]. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Photo 92/1(18) : Gate at Temple of Goddess of Mercy on the road to Talifu [Tali, Yunnan]. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Photo 92/1(19) : Statue of Miaotzu, viceroy of Yunnan Temple of Goddess of Mercy [Tali]. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Photo 92/1(20) : View over Yunnan Fu [Kunming] from the city wall. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Photo 92/1(21) : Temple in Yunnan Fu [Kunming]. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Photo 92/1(22) : Another temple in the same district [Kunming]. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
Photo 92/1(23) : A street in Yunnan Fu [Kunming] with one of the characteristic gates so massive, yet so narrow of access. Photographer: Scott,…
Photo 92/1(24) : Bridge at entrance to Tali fu. Lake in background. Tali is the only place where the celebrated landscape stone is found.…
Photo 92/1(25) : Another view of the same bridge [Tali, Yunnan]. Photographer: Scott, Sir James George
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- 032-003045119[0001]/040-003045120
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Photo 92
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 76 items
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Techniques:
- Gelatin Silver Print
Photograph
Photographic Print - Start Date:
- 1897
- End Date:
- 1900
- Date Range:
- 1897-1900
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Dimensions: 190 mm x 240 mm
- Source of Acquisition:
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Purchase, 1949: Purchased from Lady Scott, ref. L.125/1949.
- Material Type:
- Photographs
- Legal Status:
- Not Known
- Names:
- Scott, Sir James George