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Photo 61/1(39)
- Record Id:
- 041-003043891
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003043851
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100025648519.0x000954
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100145078680.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Photo 61/1(39)
- Title:
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No. 39. Amerapoora [Amarapura]. West Gate of the Residency Enclosure. Photographer: Tripe, Linnaeus
- Scope & Content:
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Inscription: Signed 'L. Tripe' in ink, bottom right of print.
Genre: Architectural Photography
View from outside the Residency enclosure, looking towards the gateway and surrounding buildings, set among palm trees. With letterpress note: 'This enclosure was formed by a bamboo wall about eighteen feet high, on the outer of which was a continuous shed all round except at the east and west sides, in the centre of which were gateways. This shed was a barrack for some 600 Burmese soldiers with their officers, forming the Guard of Honor to the mission'.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003043851
040-003043852
041-003043891 - Is part of:
- Photo 61 : Views in Burma taken during the Mission to Ava. Photographer(s): Tripe, Linnaeus
Photo 61/1 : Views in Burma taken during the Mission to Ava. Photographer(s): Tripe, Linnaeus
Photo 61/1(39) : No. 39. Amerapoora [Amarapura]. West Gate of the Residency Enclosure. Photographer: Tripe, Linnaeus - Hierarchy:
- 032-003043851[0001]/040-003043852[0039]/041-003043891
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Photo 61
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100145078680.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-

- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Techniques:
- Albumen Print
Albumen Print From Calotype Negative
Photograph
Photographic Print
Silver Printing-Out Paper Print - Start Date:
- 1855
- End Date:
- 1855
- Date Range:
- Sep 1855-Oct 1855
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Appointment Required to view these records. Please consult Asian and African Studies Print Room staff.
- Physical Characteristics:
-
Dimensions: 255 mm x 340 mm
Format: Bound in Volume
Secondary Support: Card
- Material Type:
- Photographs
- Legal Status:
- Not Known
- Names:
- Tripe, Linnaeus, Major-General, Indian Army officer and photographer, 1822-1902
- Subjects:
- Architectural Elements
Architectural Types
Architecture
Burma: Mission to Ava, 1855
Gateways
Government buildings
Official Residences
Palm Trees
Plants
Residencies
Trees - Places:
- Amarapura, Mandalay Division, Myanmar, Asia, Burma, South-east Asia