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Kyoung at Mandalay - Master Mess House
Felice Beato1887–1897
The J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States
Soon after the annexation of Burma (present-day Myanmar), British authorities occupied the Mandalay royal complex and other official and religious buildings. At the time Beato made this photograph, Kyoung, a Burmese monastery, was in fact the master mess house, where the troops took their meals.
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Details
- Title: Kyoung at Mandalay - Master Mess House
- Creator: Felice Beato
- Date Created: 1887–1897
- Location Created: Mandalay, Myanmar; Mandalay, Burma
- Physical Dimensions: 20.5 × 27.1 cm (8 1/16 × 10 11/16 in.)
- Type: Print
- External Link: Find out more about this object on the Museum website.
- Medium: Albumen silver print
- Terms of Use: Open Content
- Number: 2007.26.203.16
- Culture: English
- Credit Line: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, Partial gift from the Wilson Centre for Photography
- Creator Display Name: Felice Beato (English, born Italy, 1832 - 1909)
- Classification: Photographs (Visual Works)
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