Tuesday, April 21, 2026

Bodleian Ms. Burma Aa. 5

 Salvete Omnes, 

About 5 minutes ago I learned that is is taco Tuesday &  POTUS Trump extended the ceasefire indefinitely. So no resumption of open warfare, but the naval blockade is still on.

So let me post this unusual set of equestrian and military images related to the XIX century British wars in East Asia, this time against Burma.
Perusing the wiki commons I came across a hundred hand-painted plates from Royal Burma (Myanmar) circa 1897,  the the collection of  the Digital Bodleian.













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some military  images from the three Anglo-Burmese Wars - First, Second and Third of the XIX century. 




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Valete 

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