EditorialPhoongyees travelling on board one of the Irrawaddy Flotilla Company's steamers from Mandalay to Lower Burma. 'Burmah. A series of one hundred photographs illustrating incidents connected with the British Expeditionary Force to that country, from the e...
Editorial'The Lord White Elephant'. A rare and auspicious white elephant kept by the King at Amarapura. A Series of Views in Burmah taken during Major Phayre’s Mission to the Court of Ava in 1855. 1855. Watercolour with pen and ink. Source: WD 540/(84).
EditorialMunnipoories. The country to which these men belong lies to the north-west of Burma. A good many of them are to be found in Mandalay, where they are engaged principally in the silk trade. 'Burmah. A series of one hundred photographs illustrating incide...
EditorialThe arrival of the 'Tenasserim' at Rangoon on 8th Nov, 1885. The steamer was moored alongside one of the banks of the river, and the work of debarkation commenced at once . 'Burmah. A series of one hundred photographs illustrating incidents connected w...
EditorialThe arrival of Mr. Bernard, the Chief Commissioner, at the Palace of Mandalay, on the 15th Dec, 1885 . 'Burmah. A series of one hundred photographs illustrating incidents connected with the British Expeditionary Force to that country, from the embarkat...
EditorialA view of the front of King Theebaw's Palace, [Mandalay]. This picture was taken on the afternoon of the 28th Nov, the day on which the King was taken prisoner . 'Burmah. A series of one hundred photographs illustrating incidents connected with the Br...
EditorialWest face of the city of Mandalay. The camp of the 23rd Madras Infantry is pitched on the banks of the moat with tents raised on bamboo platforms. 'Burmah. A series of one hundred photographs illustrating incidents connected with the British Expedition...
EditorialA village scene in Upper Burma, showing oxen treading out the corn. 'Burmah. A series of one hundred photographs illustrating incidents connected with the British Expeditionary Force to that country, from the embarkation at Madras, 1st Nov, 1885, to th...
EditorialA group of officers on board the Irrawaddy Flotilla Co's Steamer 'Irrawaddy' while advancing up the river. This vessel was the temporary home of General H.H. Foord and his Staff and the officers of the 21st MI. 'Burmah. A series of one hundred photogra...
EditorialA group of Shans, taken at Bhamo. These tribes inhabit the mountainous country to the east of Upper Burmah. 'Burmah. A series of one hundred photographs illustrating incidents connected with the British Expeditionary Force to that country, from the emb...
EditorialA scene on the river bank at Theyetmyo, the frontier station, on the Irrawaddy, of Lower Burma. 'Burmah. A series of one hundred photographs illustrating incidents connected with the British Expeditionary Force to that country, from the embarkation at ...
EditorialA group portrait of General Prendergast and many of his staff, taken in front of the Hall of Audience in Mandalay Palace, on 17th December, 1885. 'Burmah. A series of one hundred photographs illustrating incidents connected with the British Expeditiona...
EditorialBurmese royalty- A portrait of King Thibaw, Queen Sup 'Ayalat and her sister. Burmah. A Series Of One Hundred Photographs Illustating Incidents Connected With The British Expeditionary Force... Burma, c.1885. Source: Photo 312/(73).
EditorialThe fleet at Pagan... This place was reached by the Expedition on the 22nd November. The picture shows the fleet at anchor. In the foreground are two of King Theebaw's steamers half submerged, they having been scuttled and deserted on our approach. 'Bu...
EditorialNominal surrender of the Burmese army at Ava on 27th November, 1885. 'Burmah. A series of one hundred photographs illustrating incidents connected with the British Expeditionary Force to that country, from the embarkation at Madras, 1st Nov, 1885, to t...
EditorialA group of officers of the Burmah Expeditionary Force on board the 'Tenasserim', which left Madras on 3rd Nov, 1885, and arrived at Rangoon on the morning of 8th Nov, having on board 4/1 RA and Q/1 RA. 'Burmah. A series of one hundred photographs illus...
EditorialA Burmese Police Guard at Mandalay. 'Burmah. A series of one hundred photographs illustrating incidents connected with the British Expeditionary Force to that country, from the embarkation at Madras, 1st Nov, 1885, to the capture of King Theebaw...'. 1...
EditorialMindhla after its capture. The trees and some sheds and outbuildings had been set on fire by shells fired from the river. The gun was one of the enemy's. The white pony across which a body is lying belonged to one of their Generals. 'Burmah. A series o...
EditorialKaychins, a tribe inhabiting the hilly country to the east of Bhamo. 'Burmah. A series of one hundred photographs illustrating incidents connected with the British Expeditionary Force to that country, from the embarkation at Madras, 1st Nov, 1885, to t...
EditorialThe arrival of the Expedition at Mandalay on the 28th Nov. 1885. 'Burmah. A series of one hundred photographs illustrating incidents connected with the British Expeditionary Force to that country, from the embarkation at Madras, 1st Nov, 1885, to the c...
EditorialThe Indian Troopships 'Clive' and 'Tenasserim' in Madras Harbour. In the former, General Prendergast left Madras for Rangoon on 3rd November 1885, in command of the Burmah Expeditionary Force. 'Burmah. A series of one hundred photographs illustrating i...
EditorialKaychins bringing wood into Bhamo. The carts used for that purpose are of the most primitive description, the wheels being sometimes made from one solid piece of wood; at other times, as in this case, of three pieces joined together. 'Burmah. A series ...
EditorialAnother village scene, [in Upper Burma], showing the next process to which the rice is subjected before it is fit for cooking. 'Burmah. A series of one hundred photographs illustrating incidents connected with the British Expeditionary Force to that co...
EditorialA couple of Burmese young ladies, one of whom is engaged in making 'cheroots', an occupation which fills up a good deal of their time, the demand for these articles in Burma being very great. 'Burmah. A series of one hundred photographs illustrating in...
EditorialAnother group of Kaychins preparing their food in a wooden zyat or rest-house outside Bhamo. 'Burmah. A series of one hundred photographs illustrating incidents connected with the British Expeditionary Force to that country, from the embarkation at Mad...
EditorialOne of King Theebaw's war steamers fully armed and equipped for the purpose of annihilating the presumptuous 'Kalars'. 'Burmah. A series of one hundred photographs illustrating incidents connected with the British Expeditionary Force to that country, f...
EditorialA Mandalay Hansom. 'Burmah. A series of one hundred photographs illustrating incidents connected with the British Expeditionary Force to that country, from the embarkation at Madras, 1st Nov, 1885, to the capture of King Theebaw...'. 1886. Photograph. ...
EditorialPhoongyees travelling on board one of the Irrawaddy Flotilla Company's steamers from Mandalay to Lower Burma. 'Burmah. A series of one hundred photographs illustrating incidents connected with the British Expeditionary Force to that country, from the e...
EditorialOne of the Enemy's Gunpits at Ava. This picture which was taken under very unfavourable circumstances on the evening of 27th Nov, and shows a party of the Royal Artillery removing guns which were mostly destroyed as they were useless. 'Burmah. A series...
EditorialInterior of the Kootoo-ma-shee [Atumashi] or Incomparable Pagoda, [Mandalay], showing the image of Gautama. The interior of this building is gorgeous in the extreme, it being entirely overlaid with gold leaf and decorated with pieces of looking-glass. ...
EditorialVillagers coming in for protection at Pagan. 'When we arrived at this place the villagers flocked round to put themselves under our protection, professing to be rejoiced that the British were about to take over the management of the country...'. 'Burma...
EditorialThe Redoubt at Mindhla on the right bank of the Irrawaddy, captured on the afternoon of the 17th Nov. . 'Burmah. A series of one hundred photographs illustrating incidents connected with the British Expeditionary Force to that country, from the embark...
Editorial[A Cargo of Seventy Elephants Landing from Burmah during the 1857 Mutiny], 1858?61, Albumen silver print, Image: 13.7 x 15.5 cm (5 3/8 x 6 1/8 in.), Photographs, Unknown.