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Hinchcliffe Collection: Photographs of Burma. Photographer(s): Quinn, E.H.

Catalogue reference: Photo 1038/2

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This record is a file about the Hinchcliffe Collection: Photographs of Burma. Photographer(s): Quinn, E.H. dating from c 1905-1907.

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Reference
Photo 1038/2
Title
Hinchcliffe Collection: Photographs of Burma. Photographer(s): Quinn, E.H.
Date
c 1905-1907
Description

Green cloth covered photograph album measuring 104x137mm, containing 29 small uncaptioned snapshots of scenes in Upper Burma. The photograph are in generally fair condition, although a number show some fading. Prints 1, 2, 12, 13 also appear in Photo 1038/3, where they are credited to E.H. Quinn, and some, if not all, of the other photographs in this album are probably also his work. The album contains views of bungalows, elephants working timber, Burmese architecture at Mandalay, river and camp scenes. Subjects = British colonial architecture; bungalows; Burmese architecture; Burmese architecture (Buddhist); camps; pagodas; river scenes; temples; timber; timber industry; timber rafts. Location = Burma; Irrawaddy (river); Mandalay; Myanmar.

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British Library: Asian and African Studies
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Not applicable
Physical description
1 item
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Immediate source of acquisition
Gift, Donated by his daughter, Mrs Mary Jonkins, in 1980s (found in department, October 1997).
Physical condition
Dimensions: 78 mm x 52 mm.
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/cc59e7fc-5363-4335-8ed3-9f632c1cdd54/

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