Tag: myanmar

Burmese women by Felice Beato

Felice Beato (1832 – 1909) ~ Burmese Type Silk Sitter, Burma, about 1885. Albumen silver print. Portfolio of Views in Burma
src Wilson Centre for Photography at Getty Museum
Felice Beato (1832 – 1909) ~ Burmah, about 1885. Albumen silver print. Portfolio of Views in Burma
A full length studio portrait of a young woman dressed in Burmese clothing. She holds a parasol over her right shoulder.
Felice Beato (1832 – 1909) ~ A Sawbwa Daughter, Burma, about 1885. Albumen silver print. Portfolio of Views in Burma
src Wilson Centre for Photography at Getty Museum
Felice Beato (1832 – 1909) ~ An Interpreter’s Wifer, Burma, about 1885. Albumen silver print. Portfolio of Views in Burma
A full length studio portrait of a Burmese woman smoking a cheroot.
Felice Beato (1832 – 1909) ~ Burmese Girl and her Cheroot, Burma, about 1885. Albumen silver print. Portfolio of Views in Burma
src Wilson Centre for Photography at Getty Museum
Felice Beato (1832 – 1909) ~ Burmese Princesses, Burma, about 1885. Albumen silver print. Views in Burma
src Wilson Centre for Photography at Getty Museum
Felice Beato (1832 – 1909) ~ Burmese Peasant Girl as Decolté, Burma, about 1885. Albumen silver print. Views in Burma
Full length studio portrait of a girl in traditional Burmese clothing with a clay water jug under one arm. In her right hand she holds a coiled rope and basket.
Felice Beato (1832 – 1909) ~ Burmese Type Silk Sitter, Burma, about 1885. Albumen silver print. Portfolio of Views in Burma (Group Title) | src Wilson Centre for Photography at Getty Museum

Kyaitteyo Pagoda, ca. 1900

Underwood & Underwood ~ Kyaitteyo Pagoda, miraculously balanced by a hair of Buddha, on Kelasa hills, near Kyaikto in Mon State, Burma (Myanmar), ca. 1900

Stereoscopic pair of photographs [50 (9059)] from a collection of 36 stereoscopic views of Burma, one of a series of “stereoscopic tours” of foreign countries published as part of the Underwood Travel Library. This is a general view of the “Golden Rock” pagoda, a stupa built on top of a massive boulder resting precariously on a hillside 20 km (12 miles) away from Kyaikto. | src British Library; also on wikimedia commons

Underwood & Underwood ~ Kyaitteyo Pagoda, miraculously balanced by a hair of Buddha, on Kelasa hills, near Kyaikto in Mon State, Burma (Myanmar), ca. 1900