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LL/96082
John McCosh
Untitled [A wood carved Burmese standard of a mythological figure, with a young man standing beside it.]
n.d.
Salt print
 
Victoria and Albert Museum
Museum no: 85313
 
LL/96082

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LL/96083
John McCosh
Untitled [A Burmese standard in profile, wood carved with a looking glass set in lacquer.]
n.d.
Salt print
 
Victoria and Albert Museum
Museum no: 86315
 
LL/96083

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LL/96088
John McCosh
North-east view of the Great Pagoda (Shwesandaw or Temple of the Golden Hair Relic) at Prome
1852
Salt print
 
National Army Museum
NAM. 1962-04-3-286
 
LL/96088 [Further details available]

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LL/93045
J. Jackson (active 1860-1919)
Queen Soopayah-Lat and King Theebaw. King and Queen of Burmah
1886, 28 February
Albumen print
13.4 x 9.7 cm (image)
 
The Royal Collection
RCIN 2907315
 
LL/93045 [Further details available]

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LL/89555
Felice Beato
Commander in chief of the army in Mandalay. In court dress
[Burma album]
1885 (ca)
Albumen print
26 x 19.8 cm
 
National Gallery of Australia (NGA)
Purchased 2006, Accession no: NGA 2006.955.7
 
LL/89555 [Further details available]

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LL/31348
Fedor Jagor (30/31.11.1816/1817 - 11/12.2.1900, collector)
King of Ava in Court Dress, Burma [König von Ava in Hoftracht. Birma]
1873-1876
Photograph
9,2 x 5,8 cm (image)
 
Ethnologisches Museum: Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / Ethnological Museum of Berlin)
Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Ident. Nr: VIII C 231, Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Germany (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 DE)
 
LL/31348

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LL/30129
P. Klier
[Burmese lady]
1870 (ca)
Albumen print
200 x 140 mm (8 x 5.5 in)
 
Bernard J. Shapero Rare Books
Courtesy of Bernard J Shapero Rare Books
 
LL/30129

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LL/115767
P. Klier
Burmese Fruits Sellers
1885 (ca)
Albumen print
8 3/4 x 7 1/2 in
 
Archive Farms
The Patrick Montgomery Collection, Object No. 2016.434
 
LL/115767

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LL/31328
Felice Beato
Studio portrait of a young Burmese woman [Junge Frau]
n.d.
Photograph, on card
26,8 x 19,3 cm (image)
 
Ethnologisches Museum: Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / Ethnological Museum of Berlin)
Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Ident. Nr: VIII C 20330, Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Germany (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 DE)
 
LL/31328

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LL/39804
Felice Beato
Portrait d'une jeune paysanne Birmane en tenue traditionnelle
1886-1901 (ca)
Albumen print
18 x 24 cm
 
Photo Verdeau
 
LL/39804 [Further details available]

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LL/39958
Émile Gsell
Main d'un annamite, Indochine
1880 (ca)
Albumen print
16 x 21,5 cm
 
Photo Verdeau
 
LL/39958

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LL/122418
Émile Gsell
Hand of an aristrocrat
1860s
Carte de visite
 
Private collection of Fostin Cotchen
 
LL/122418

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LL/36247
Linnaeus Tripe
Nagayoung Pagoda, Amerapoora; Nagayon pagoda, Amarapura
1855, August-November (taken) 1857 (print)
Salted paper print from waxed paper (calotype) negative
 
Victoria and Albert Museum
Museum number: 1534-1909
 
LL/36247

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LL/36240
John McCosh
Manuthiha, Guardian at the Shwe-Dagon Pagoda; Corner of great pagoda
1852 (taken)
Calotype
 
Victoria and Albert Museum
Museum number: 85:300
 
LL/36240 [Further details available]

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LL/41357
John McCosh
North-east view of the Great Pagoda (Shwesandaw or Temple of the Golden Hair Relic) at Prome (Pyay)
1852
Albumen print
 
National Army Museum
Negative No. 102842, Accession No. NAM. 1962-04-3-310
 
LL/41357 [Further details available]

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LL/59086
Linnaeus Tripe
Pugahm Myo: Carved Doorway in Courtyard of Shwe Zeegong Pagoda,
1855, 20-24 August or 23 October
Albumen print
 
National Gallery of Art
Diana and Mallory Walker Fund, 2012
 
LL/59086

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LL/88373
Émile Gsell [Attributed to]
[Grande Pagode a Rangoon (Birmanie)]
[Voyage de l'Égypte à l'Indochine]
n.d.
Albumen print
 
Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Département des Estampes et de la Photographie
4-UA-43, Identifier: ark:/12148/btv1b84515897, 56 of 99
 
LL/88373 [Further details available]

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LL/88375
Émile Gsell [Attributed to]
[Palais royal de Mandalay]
[Voyage de l'Égypte à l'Indochine]
n.d.
Albumen print
 
Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Département des Estampes et de la Photographie
4-UA-43, Identifier: ark:/12148/btv1b84515897, 58 of 99
 
LL/88375 [Further details available]

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LL/89559
Felice Beato
Juan Toopyalat's Golden Pagoda
[Burma album]
1885 (ca)
Albumen print
19.6 x 26.8 cm (comp)
 
National Gallery of Australia (NGA)
Purchased 2006, Accession no: NGA 2006.955.16
 
LL/89559 [Further details available]

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LL/46262
P. Klier
Pagode Shivé, Rangoon, Birmanie
1880 (ca)
Albumen print
21.7 x 27.5 cm
 
Photo Verdeau
 
LL/46262

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LL/73462
P. Klier
[A Burmese cremation]
1895
Photograph
20.5 x 26.5 cm
 
British Library
Shelfmark: Photo 88/1(50)
 
LL/73462 [Further details available]

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LL/103339
Unidentified photographer
Mengoon Bell (Mingun)
1896 (before the rehanging of the bell)
Photograph
 
Private collection of Sheila Yeoman
 
LL/103339 [Further details available]

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LL/103338
Unidentified photographer
Queen School, Mandalay Fort
n.d.
Photograph
 
Private collection of Sheila Yeoman
 
LL/103338 [Further details available]

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LL/103334
Unidentified photographer
Entrance to 450 Pagodas, Mandalay
n.d.
Photograph
 
Private collection of Sheila Yeoman
 
LL/103334 [Further details available]

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LL/73461
Willoughby Wallace Hooper
[Execution of dacoits in Mandalay Burma at the time of their execution by firing squad]
1887
Albumen print
 
Christie's - London
Photo Books, 31 May 2007, Lot 5
 
LL/73461

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LL/107523
H. Hands & Son
Buddhist Priests Rangoon
n.d.
Stereoview
 
Private collection of Klas Fransberg
 
LL/107523

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LL/107526
H. Hands & Son
Colossal Images of Buddha, Rangoon
n.d.
Stereoview
 
Private collection of Klas Fransberg
 
LL/107526

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LL/85309
Unidentified photographer
Panorama of Mandalay
1880s
Albumen prints (2)
20 x 51.5 cm
 
Bassenge Photography Auctions
5 December 2018, Photography, Auction: 112, Lot: 4029
 
LL/85309

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LL/89573
Felice Beato
Panorama of Mandalay, from Manalay Hill
[Burma album]
1885 (ca)
Albumen prints (3)
18.5 x 7.5 cm (comp)
 
National Gallery of Australia (NGA)
Purchased 2006, Accession no: NGA 2006.955.13
 
LL/89573 [Further details available]

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LL/101497
Bourne & Shepherd
Former Burmese king's gilded barge on water
1903 (or before)
Albumen print
 
National Anthropological Archives, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
NAA INV 04463700, Photo lot 161, Emma A. Koch photograph collection of India, South Asia, and Australia
 
LL/101497

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LL/105492
Unidentified photographer
The American Embassy in Burma
1900 (ca)
Photograph
 
Private collection of Bill Jones
Current location unknown (2020)
 
LL/105492

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LL/91815
Herbert G. Ponting
Shive Dagon Pagoda Rangoon [Burma]
1907 (ca)
Photograph
 
National Archives
Catalogue Reference: COPY 1/507/197
 
LL/91815

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LL/113201
Wheatley A. Robertson
Wedding of the adopted daughter of Yawnghwe Sawhwa at Yawnghwe. The bride and groom. [Yawnghwe, Shan State; Myanmar (Burma)]
1910 (ca)
Glass negative
7.5 x 10.1 cm
 
Pitt Rivers Museum
Wheatley A. Robertson - Donated 1919, 1998.323.14
 
LL/113201

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LL/113202
Wheatley A. Robertson
Decoy parrots used in hunting with bird lime [Shan State, Myanmar (Burma)]
1910 (ca)
Glass negative
7.5 x 10.1 cm
 
Pitt Rivers Museum
Wheatley A. Robertson - Donated 1919, 1998.323.53
 
LL/113202 [Further details available]

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LL/101180
Unidentified photographer
Chinese Festival in Mandalay
n.d.
Glass slide
 
Golden Dragon Museum
GDM1972
 
LL/101180

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LL/113208
Wheatley A. Robertson
Boats on Bilu River being rowed by means of foot: finish of the stroke. [Bilu River, Shan State, Myanmar (Burma)]
1910 (ca)
Glass negative
7.5 x 10.1 cm
 
Pitt Rivers Museum
Wheatley A. Robertson - Donated 1919, 1998.323.80
 
LL/113208

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LL/122548
Sidney Monies
"Earthwork on the Aungban-Heho Railway", Burma (Myanmar)
1918, April
Photograph
 
Private collection of Sheila Yeoman
 
LL/122548 [Further details available]

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