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Additional authors

1. Zangaki.

Description

1. 1 album (68 photographic prints) : 62 albumen, 6 silver gelatin, b&w; 28 x 22 cm or smaller in album approx. 31 x 41 cm.

Summary

1. Views in Burma: Mandalay: fort and moat, and the King Thibaw's classroom in the fort; the palace; pagodas; pagodas and monasteries at Wunsho, Rangoon and other locations, and including view of Phomsee school, and monks with begging bowls; individuals and groups, including group from Sagiang, a Burmese princess in court costume, Shan woman, Kachin woman, Hunthol (?) woman, women and girls including one identified as "Sussanah, the artist's wife"; a Burmese nun; men, a father and child; women cleaning rice; men and water buffalo at oil cake factory; water buffalo-drawn carts; dancers who performed for Prince Albert Victor. Views in India: Taj Mahal at Agra, including interior view of tomb, masoleum of "Prince Dowlah" [Itimad ud-Daula?]; Pearl Mosque; Iron Pillar, Dehli; Lahore gate, entrance to fort at Dehli; Agra Fort; Kasuali: Taps Nose or Monkey Point; Christ Church; market and depot; club house and recreation grounds; Lawrence Military Asylum, Sanawur, near Kasauli; Ootacamund [Udagamandalam]: St. Stephen's Church, Government Gardens, Ootacamund Lake; general view of Coonoor, showing people and carts gathered in center of village; an encampment in a valley; bridge over mountain stream, and men with carts. Banana trees and group of people; 99th Regiment memorial pillar. Views in Egypt or vicinity: water buffalo drawing water, men harvesting dates and one mounted on camel; Alexandria: boat moored near bridge, and a general view; man drawing water; palm trees; views of water buffalo in a river.
2. Portraits of unidentified men, all wearing turbans, some with embroidered jackets, medals and swords.

Alternative title

1. Early photos of the east.

Subject

1. Photographic prints
2. Coonoor (India)
3. Water buffaloes
4. Clubhouses > India
5. Forts & fortifications > Burma > Mandalay
6. Railroad stations > India
7. Taj Mahal (Agra, India)
8. Group portraits
9. Men > Clothing & dress
10. Nuns > Burma
11. Markets > India
12. Castles & palaces > Burma
13. Mandalay (Burma)
14. Monuments & memorials
15. Udagamandalam (India)
16. Buddhist temples > Burma
17. Portraits
18. Tombs & sepulchral monuments > India
19. Carts & wagons
20. Rangoon (Burma)
21. Silver gelatin prints
22. Delhi (India)
23. Schools > Burma
24. Pagodas > Burma
25. Wells > Egypt
26. Monks > Burma
27. Sailing ships > Egyptian
28. Albums
29. Dancers > Burma
30. Women > Burma > Clothing & dress
31. Palms
32. Gardens > India
33. Agra (India)
34. Forts & fortifications > India
35. Albumen prints
36. Alexandria (Egypt)
37. Mosques > India
38. Churches > India
39. Thibaw, King of Burma, active 1875-1885 > Homes and haunts

Genre/Form

1. Albums.
2. Group portraits.
3. Portraits.
4. Albumen prints.
5. Photographic prints.
6. Silver gelatin prints.

Call number

1. MFY+ 93-6326

Note

1. Title devised by cataloger.
2. Photographic prints are mounted on heavy paper in a half-leather-bound album. "Early photos of the East" in pencil on inside cover.
3. Two images depict dancers who performed for Prince Albert Victor who visited Burma beginning late 1889. See Rees, H.R.H. The Duke of Clarence and Avondale in Southern India, 1891.
4. Most are captioned in English on page below photographs. Those that lack captions are silver gelatin prints which may have been added to the album later. Some are numbered and captioned in English in negative; images by "Zangaki," have photographer's name, captions in French and numbers in negative.

Access (note)

1. Restricted access;

Provenance (note)

1. Transfer from Dance Collection, 1985.

Title

1. [Album of photographs of Burma, India and Egypt] [graphic].

Imprint

1. ca. 1889, some photographs later.

Restricted access

1. Restricted access; Photography Collection; Permit must be requested at division indicated.

Provenance

1. Transfer from Dance Collection, 1985.

Connect to:

1. NYPL Digital Collections

Added author

1. Zangaki. Photographer

Added title

1. Early photos of the east.

Research call number

1. MFY+ 93-6326