Archaeological Survey of India Collections: Burma Circle, 1907-13. Photo 1004/2 : 1907-1913 (.jpg format)

This is a digitized collections of photos held by the British Library (catalog record photo 1004/2). These photos were taken by the Archeological Survey of India (Burma Circle) between 1907-1913. The digitization was conducted by the photography lab of the British Library as part of the Pyu epigraphy sub-project (PI, Nathan W. Hill of SOAS University of London) of the ERC synergy grant "Beyond Boundaries: Religion, Region, Language and the State" (Identifier: ASIA 609823). The original photographs are under crown copyright, which means that sufficient time has past for them to be distributed to the public. Here is the record from the BL--

Title:

Archaeological Survey of India Collections: Burma Circle, 1907-13. Photographer(s): Archaeological Survey of India

Collection Area: Visual Arts

Reference: Photo 1004/2

Creation Date: 1907-1913

Extent and Access:
Extent: 321 items
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Contents and Scope:
Contents:

Blue half-leather album, 385x322mm, containing prints mounted on pages interleaved with tissue. The photographs were taken by the Archaeological Survey, Burma, between 1907-13, and listed in the annual Report of the Superintendent... Copies of each year's report precede the photographs for that year, as follows:

Year Photo no

1907-08 510-609

1908-09 610-750

1909-10 751-859

1910-11 860-962

1911-12 963-1053

1912-13 1054-1182

The photographs, including views of Burmese architecture, sculpture and relics, were taken under the direction of the Superintendent, a post held at the time by Taw Sein Ko.

Process = Collodio-chloride and gelatine silver prints

Photographers = Archaeological Survey of India., ;

History:
Immediate Source of Acquisition:

Official Deposit