Lot 349
Myanmar - Burma - 5 photograph albums, including Kingdon-Ward
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photography
Auction: 31 August 2016 at 12:00 BST
Description
A collection of 5 photograph albums containing 493 mainly amateur photographs, mostly of Burma, with a few of India, Nepalese and Chinese people, and a small number taken in the UK, c.1928-1932, between 4 x 6 and 13 x 14 cm. (5)
Footnote
Provenance: Many of the photographs show members of a young British family, thought to be Walter Thyne, Lt. Col, of the 90th Punjabi Army, his wife, Norah Millicent Tyne, a nurse, and their children.
Note: The photographs depict the family and ex-pat life in Burma, including pictures of local people in traditional costume, architecture, elephant riding and the children's nannies. The botanist and explorer, Francis Kingdon-Ward, features in several of the earlier photographs. A caption reads: Kingdom [sic.] Ward and Lord Cranbrook set off on an expedition after flora and fauna to the Nam Tamai.... Several photographs from May 1933 also depict a trip to jade mines. Photographs include images of local people working at the mines, with the description: Pits are dug, & the water is pumped out by hand made pumps - made of hollow bamboos.