Genre: Ethnographical Photography Group of dancing girls performing a pwe. With Queen Supyalat's private rooms in the palace in the background. The group performed before Prince Albert Victor on his visit to Mandalay, 26 December 1889 (see duplicate, with note at Photo 268 (4)). Subjects = Bu...
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Similar to print 58, but showing a younger troupe of dancers performing. This group of children was collected by Richard Temple to dance before Prince Albert Victor at Mandalay on 26 Dec 1889 (see duplicate with note at Photo 268 (2)). Khimbagan Monastery in ba...
The Palace [summer house] where King Thebaw gave himself up, Mandalay Gardens. Photographer: Beato, Felice
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Genre: Architectural Photography General view of the summer house in the Southern Garden. Subjects = Burmese architecture Location = Burma; Mandalay; Mandalay Division; Myanmar
Thebaw's school - now used as a church [Mandalay]. Photographer: Beato, Felice
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Genre: Architectural Photography General view of King Thibaw's Kyaung, used by the British forces as church for a period after the occupation of Upper Burma. Subjects = Burmese architecture; Burmese architecture (Buddhist); kyaungs (Burmese monasteries); monasteries Location = Burma; Mandal...
Burmese boat racing on the moat before Prince Albert Victor, Mandalay, Dec. 89. Photographer: Beato, Felice
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Genre: Historical Events View from Government looking down onto the moat, with a boat race in progress and crowds on either bank. Similar views at Photo 268 (11) (with note) and Photo 296/1 (62). Subjects = boat racing; official events; regattas; royal tours; sports Location = Burma; Mandal...