FELICE BEATO and others

Burmese views and portrait studies, circa 1892

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FELICE BEATO and others
Burmese views and portrait studies, circa 1892
Album containing twenty-six albumen prints, 7¼ x 10¼ in. to 8¼ x 10¾ in., mounted one-per-page, titled and numbered in pencil on mounts, inscribed Won By. Mr. Trethewy with Mr. Orman for Handicap Doubles Palace Lawn Tennis Club Novr. 1892 in ink on front free-end, gold velvet, red calf spine (damaged) and corners, oblong 4to.

Literature

Singer, Burmah: A Photographic Journey 1855-1925, pp. 44, 52, 63 and 99 (each illus.)

Lot Essay

Including portraits of 'The Belle of Mandalay', 'The beauty of the village', Shan Sawbwa's daughter, a Shan warrior, a Burmese princess in court dress and a group portrait of three Burmese princesses, 'Shan beauty', a Burmese family group (illus.), dancing girls performing for Prince Albert Victor, Burmese priests; and several views around Mandalay.

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