Album of Photographs of Mostly India Burma Myanmar plus Mongolians
1890B7270No publisher info. circa 1890s to early 1900s. Some spotting mostly to early leaves some prints with imperfections in the plates else crisp and clean most with strong tonal range. . Binding: Half black morocco over navy pebbled boards. Spine with 3 pairs of raised bands. All edges gilt. Notes: Philip Adolphe Klier c.1845 – 1911 also known as Philip Klier was a German photographer who arrived in Burma as a young man around 1865 and spent the rest of his life there. Mainly working as self-trained photographer and businessman Klier took hundreds of photographs at the end of the 19th century during the British colonial period in Burma. His photographs taken both in his studio as well as on location were mainly sold as picture postcards for foreign visitors. They have also been published in several books and collected in public archives. Among a small number of other photographers Klier is considered as one of the earliest professional photographers in the history of today's Myanmar.<br>Jean Philippe Vogel 1871 in The Hague – 1958 popularly known by his initials J. Ph. Vogel was a Dutch Sanskritist and epigraphist who worked with the Archaeological Survey of India from 1901 to 1914 and later as Professor in the University of Leiden where some of his fonds are currently located.<br>George Craddock 1859-1934 was an Anglo-Indian photographer from Punjab. He worked in various cities throughout India eventually settling on his studio in Lahore where he died. <br>G.W. Lawrie was a Scottish photographer active from 1883 to 1921. He had a number of studios in India including in Lucknow. <br>CAPTIONS<br>1.Victoria Terminus G.I.P.R. Bombay<br>2.Public Works Dept. Bombay<br>3.Girgaum Road Bombay<br>4.Jama Musjid Delhi<br>5.Humayon’s Tomb Delhi<br>6.Peacock Throne Delhi<br>7.Dewan-i-Khas Delhi<br>8.Pearl Mosque Delhi<br>9.Justice Palace Delhi<br>10.Kutab Minar Delhi<br>11.Elephant Tower Fattehpore Sikri<br>12.The Great Gate Fattehpore Sikri <br>13.Marble Mausoleum or Sheik Selim Christi Futtehpore Sikri<br>14.General View of Futtehpore Sikri<br>15.Mausoleum of Prince Etmad Dowlat Agra<br>16.Khas Mahal Agra<br>17.Delhi Gate Agra Fort <br>18.Pearl Mosque Agra<br>19.Dewan-i-am Agra Fort<br>20.Taj Mahal<br>21.Tomb Taj Mahal<br>22.Zenana Agra Fort<br>23.Runjiet Singh’s Tomb Lahore<br>24.The Badshak Mosque Lahore<br>25.High Court Lahore<br>26.Museum Lahore<br>27.Shalimar Gardens Lahore <br>28.Public Works Dept. Lahore<br>29.Shadera <br>30.Dhal Canal entrance to Chenar Bagh Srinagar <br>31.Murrec <br>32.On the Canal to Chenar Bagh Srinagar <br>33.Old Mosque Srinagar<br>34.On the Jhelum Srinagar<br>35.Banyian Tree Botanical Gardens Calcutta <br>36.General View of Calcutta Showing Government House and High Court <br>37.Nath Temple at Manicktolla Calcutta <br>38.Mullicks Ghat Hooghly River <br>39.Bhotans <br>40.Darjeeling form Woodlands Hotel <br>41.Himalaya Range<br>42.Loop No. 3 Do. H. Ry. Chumbatti <br>43.Mussoorri<br>44.Naini Tal<br>45.Bhim Tal<br>46.Vishun Pud Benares <br>47.Golden Temple Benares <br>48.Hosainabad and City Lucknow<br>49.General view Hossainabad Lucknow <br>50.Roumi Darwara Lucknow<br>51.Chulunki Kaiserbagh Lucknow<br>52.Mosque of the Great Emambara Lucknow<br>53.The Mosque and Great Emambara Lucknow<br>54.The Residency Lucknow<br>55.The Bailey Guard Gate Lucknow<br>56.Sikandra Bagh Lucknow<br>57.Alum Bagh Lucknow <br>58.La Martiniere College Lucknow<br>59.Memorial Wall Cawnpore <br>60.Meenakshi Amman Temple no. 2216<br>61.Burma <br>62.Dilwana Jain Temple Mt. Nobu <br>63.Scene on the Shwe Dagon Pagoda Rangoon<br>64.Shwe Dagone Pagoda Rangoon<br>65.Scene on the Shwe Dagon Pagoda Rangoon<br>66.Ellora Caves<br>67.Prome Pagoda<br>68.Gaudmas Pagoda Rangoon<br>69.Large Image at Pegu<br>70.Royal Lakes Rangoon<br>71.Shayetmy <br>72.Mandalay the Palace<br>73.Burmese Hpongyees Collecting Alms<br>74.Mandalay Maha Lawka Maya Zain Pagoda <br>75.Jeppalamam Madma Kapaleeshwarar Temple<br>76.Seven Pagodas Madras<br>77.Seven Pagodas<br>78.High Court Madras<br>79.Temple and Tank Little Conjeevaram<br>80.Temple<br>81.Temple Johore<br>82.Temple<br>83.Temple Great Conjeevaram<br><br><br><br> Size: Oblong folio Illustration: Comprising of 83 fine albumen prints silver prints and/or printing-out-paper prints 5 loose mostly of India measuring 185 x 230 – 205 x 285 mm. Most captioned either in manuscript on the sheet mount some captioned on the plate. Some plates have the photographer’s stamp either embossed or printed within the plate. Last 9 sheets trimmed. A few plates mounted upside down. <br>Oblong folio 280 x 380 mm. Category: Book Asia Central India & Ceylon / Sri Lanka; Book Photographic Album; No publisher info. hardcover
