Gateway and Central Pagoda of the 450 Tables of the Law

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Gateway and Central Pagoda of the 450 Tables of the Law

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Felice Beato

Photographer · 1832–1909

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Felice Beato was the first photographer to devote himself entirely to photographing in Asia and the Near East. He photographed in Japan, India, Athens, Constantinople, the Crimea, and Palestine. He settled in Yokohama and from 1863 to 1877 made hundreds of ethnographic portraits and genre scenes in Japan. He eventually opened a furniture and curio business in Burma. Beato's photographic career was

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Date
1887–1896
Medium
Albumen silver print
Culture
English
Department
Photographs
Institution
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Object ID
e07b1a31-6727-4234-9a4d-d26284231930

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Kuthodaw Pagoda, a stupa, stands behind an ornate archway. In the center of the arch a man stands with his hand resting on the side. Also visible are some of the kyauksa gu or stone inscription caves holding marble slabs engraved with Buddhist texts.

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