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Container Reference (shelfmark) WD3-10, WD1602, WD4424

91. WD540(82)

Reference (shelfmark):
WD540(82)
Title:
Moung Yué. Myoke of Meerday.. Artist(s): Grant, Colesworthy (1813-1880)
Scope & Content:
‘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...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1855
Extent:
1 Item

92. WD540(83)

Reference (shelfmark):
WD540(83)
Title:
Governor of Pagân.. Artist(s): Grant, Colesworthy (1813-1880)
Scope & Content:
‘Governor of Pagân.’ CALLED also the ‘Myit-sing-woon’, ‘a kind of High Sheriff of the Irrawaddee.’ (Report page 34 )
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1855
Extent:
1 Item

93. WD540(84)

Reference (shelfmark):
WD540(84)
Title:
'The Lord White Elephant'.. Artist(s): Grant, Colesworthy (1813-1880)
Scope & Content:
‘'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 ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1855
Extent:
1 Item

94. WD540(85)

Reference (shelfmark):
WD540(85)
Title:
'The Lord White Elephant' Regalia.. Artist(s): Grant, Colesworthy (1813-1880)
Scope & Content:
‘'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...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1855
Extent:
1 Item

95. WD540(86)

Reference (shelfmark):
WD540(86)
Title:
Moung-Gya-oo. Mugway Mengyee - Chief Woongee, or Prime Minister of State.. Artist(s): Grant, Colesworthy (1813-1880)
Scope & Content:
‘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’.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1855
Extent:
1 Item

96. WD540(87)

Reference (shelfmark):
WD540(87)
Title:
Moung Mho, the Myadoung Myotsa. Second Woongee.. Artist(s): Grant, Colesworthy (1813-1880)
Scope & Content:
‘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’.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1855
Extent:
1 Item

97. WD540(88)

Reference (shelfmark):
WD540(88)
Title:
Moung Mhon. The Woondouk.. Artist(s): Grant, Colesworthy (1813-1880)
Scope & Content:
‘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...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1855
Extent:
1 Item

98. WD540(89)

Reference (shelfmark):
WD540(89)
Title:
Moung Tooh. Tara-thoo-gyee, or Chief Civil Judge.. Artist(s): Grant, Colesworthy (1813-1880)
Scope & Content:
‘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...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1855
Extent:
1 Item

99. WD540(90)

Reference (shelfmark):
WD540(90)
Title:
The Tsare-daugee or Royal Scribe. In charge of British Residency.. Artist(s): Grant, Colesworthy (1813-1880)
Scope & Content:
‘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 — ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1855
Extent:
1 Item

100. WD540(91)

Reference (shelfmark):
WD540(91)
Title:
Mr. Mackertich J. Mines. Governor of Melloon.. Artist(s): Grant, Colesworthy (1813-1880)
Scope & Content:
‘Mr. Mackertich J. Mines. Governor of Melloon.’ LATE Governor of Melloon. Mr. Mackertich is an Armenian, but naturalized to Burmah. He was one of the Burmese Embassy to Calcutta in 1854, and on the English mission reaching Melloon, of which place he was then Governor, he formed a Member of th...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1855
Extent:
1 Item