Portrait of the Yaunghwe Sawbwa, with guards and retinue. Photographer: Bourne and Shepherd
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Genre: Portrait Photography Studio portrait, with Saw Maung, Sawbwa of Yaunghwe in the Shan States, standing centre, wearing ceremonial robes and carrying a flywhisk, surrounded by his retinue. With two umbrellas held above his head. This photograph was probably taken at Delhi during the Durbar...
The Hon'ble U Gaung C.S.I, Ex-Prime Minister Kinwun Mingyi, Burma. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Portrait Photography Full-length standing studio portrait of U Gaing, wearing ceremonial robe and hat, and with his left hand resting on a palm-leaf manuscript which stands on a small table. This appears to be a copy photograph, possibly with some retouching around the face. [Cabinet po...
Group with Lady Fannie White, Government House, Rangoon. Photographer: Klier, Philip Adolphe
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Genre: Portrait Photography Group in costume for amateur theatricals. Lady White, wife of Sir Herbert Thirkell White, Lieutenant-Governor of Burma, is seated in the centre. Taken on the same occasion as print 20. [Albumen print, signed 'P. Klier Rangoon' in the negative, 270x211mm]. Subject...
Lady White arriving at an unidentified railway station in Burma. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Historical Events Lady White walking past guard of honour. [104x79mm]. Subjects = governors' visits; guards of honour; railway stations; Thirkell White Collection
Sir Herbert Thirkell White arriving at an unidentified railway station in Burma. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Historical Events Sir Herbert Thirkell White (back to camera) walking past guard of honour. [103x78mm]. Subjects = governors; governors' visits; guards of honour; official events; railway stations; Thirkell White Collection