Moung Shwé-Gnyo. Myoke of Thayet-myo.. Artist(s): Grant, Colesworthy (1813-1880)
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‘Moung Shwé-Gnyo. Myoke of Thayet-myo.’ MYOKE, or under Magistrate, of Thyetmew, the British frontier station. He is said to have commanded a considerable body of the Burmese against us at the taking of Rangoon, and according to his own history of the event, to have been the last to quit the...
Moung Yué. Myoke of Meerday.. Artist(s): Grant, Colesworthy (1813-1880)
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‘Moung Yué. Myoke of Meerday.’ MYOKE of the frontier station depot of Meaday. This old man bears the soubriquet of ‘‘the British Lion’,’ from some resemblance which it is fancied he bears to the well known and honoured Heraldic King of Quadrupeds. He joined the British at commencement of the w...
'The Lord White Elephant'.. Artist(s): Grant, Colesworthy (1813-1880)
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‘'The Lord White Elephant'.’ THIS noble looking animal has lately died, and there is none, it is believed, to fill his place. He had occupied his late royal position for upwards of fifty years, and was said at the time of the Mission (September-October 1855) to be about 60 years old. Viewed in ...
'The Lord White Elephant' Regalia.. Artist(s): Grant, Colesworthy (1813-1880)
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‘'The Lord White Elephant' Regalia.’ FIG 1, — A plate of gold, probably eighteen inches in length, bordered with innumerable Rubies, and having, in the centre, the name or title of the Royal beast. Worn across the forehead. FIG 2. — The jewelled Frontlet, worn above the trunk, and below the ey...
Moung-Gya-oo. Mugway Mengyee - Chief Woongee, or Prime Minister of State.. Artist(s): Grant, Colesworthy (1813-1880)
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‘Moung-Gya-oo. Mugway Mengyee - Chief Woongee, or Prime Minister of State.’ THE ‘Mugwe Mengyee’, Chief Woongee, or Prime Minister of State. Age about 58. ‘See Report page 247, and 248’.
Moung Mho, the Myadoung Myotsa. Second Woongee.. Artist(s): Grant, Colesworthy (1813-1880)
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‘Moung Mho, the Myadoung Myotsa. Second Woongee.’ THE ‘Myadoung Myotsa’, Second Woongyee; generally called the ‘Pabè’ (or Smith) ‘Woon’, from having been formerly a sort of Master General of the ordnance. Age about 53. ‘See Report page 247’.
Moung Mhon. The Woondouk.. Artist(s): Grant, Colesworthy (1813-1880)
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‘Moung Mhon. The Woondouk.’ ‘The Woondouk’. He was the second person in rank of the Ambassadors who visited Calcutta on a Mission to the Governor General in 1854; and was the Officer who met and accompanied the English Embassy to Umeerapoora, and therefore figures so frequently in the Secretar...
‘Moung Tooh. Tara-thoo-gyee, or Chief Civil Judge.’ THE ‘Tara-thoo-gyee’, or Chief Judge of the Capital in Civil cases, who had also a kind of nominal superintendence over the affairs of the Residency, and was therefore a frequent and familiar visitor. With all the free and easy manners, the g...
The Tsare-daugee or Royal Scribe. In charge of British Residency.. Artist(s): Grant, Colesworthy (1813-1880)
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‘The Tsare-daugee or Royal Scribe. In charge of British Residency.’ THIS most amusingly imperturbable old official was invested with charge of the British Residency as a sort of Major Domo; an office he contrived to fill with that amount of success which won for him the very highest meed of — ...
