Posters Burma

PB 1

Burma Railways 

A. Blyth, 1930s

17" x 24" 

(43 x 61 cm)

Framed: $85

Unframed: $35

Rail transport was first introduced in Burma in May 1877 with the opening of the 163-mile (262 km) Rangoon to Prome (now Pyay) line by The Irrawaddy Valley State Railway when Lower Burma was a British colony. In 1884, a new company, The Sittang Valley State Railway, opened a 166-mile (267 km) line along the Sittaung River from Rangoon to the town of Taungoo via Bago. Shortly after Mu Valley State Railway was formed and construction began on a railway line from Sagaing to Myitkyina which connected Mandalay to Shwebo in 1891, to Wuntho in 1893, to Katha in 1895, and to Myitkyina in 1898. In 1896, before the completion of the line to Myitkyina, the three companies were combined into the Burma Railway Company as a state-owned public undertaking. In 1928, the railway was renamed Burma Railways and, in 1989, with the renaming of the country, it became Myanma Railways. 

PB 2

See Burma

Percy Padden, 1920s

17" x 24" 

(43 x 61 cm)

Framed: $85

Unframed: $35

This poster was issued by Indian State Railways who used many British artists in the 1930s for a striking series of posters and brochures. Percy Padden (1885 - 1965) was a British Impressionist & Modern painter who was born in Wolverhampton. He studied first at Wolverhampton School of Art and then at the Royal College of Art in London.

 PB 3

Bibby Line to Sunshine

 James S. Mann, 1930s

17" x 25" 

(43 x 63.5 cm)

Framed: $85

Unframed: $35

The Bibby Line was founded in 1807 by John Bibby (1775–1840). It has operated in most areas of shipping throughout its 200-year history, and claims to be the oldest independently owned shipping line in the world. 

PB 4

Pan American Rangoon

Aaron  Amspoker

17" x 24" 

(43 x 61 cm)

Framed: $85

Unframed: $35

A beautiful poster that was part of a series Aaron Amspoker produced for Pan Am in the mid to late 1950s. Pan American World Airways, commonly known as Pan Am, was the principal and largest international air carrier and unofficial overseas flag carrier of the United States from 1927 until the airline's collapse in 1991.

PB 5

Pan Am Women of the World,  Burma

Pan American

15" x 21"

(38 x 53 cm)

Framed: $75

Unframed: $30

PB 6

Jet Your Way to Rangoon

 British Overseas Airways Corporation

17" x 24"

(38 x 58 cm)

Framed: $85

Unframed: $35

British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) was a British state-owned airline created in 1939 by the merger of Imperial Airways and British Airways Ltd.

In 1952 BOAC was the first airline to introduce a passenger jet into airline service. In 1974 British Airways was created by the merger of BOAC and British European Airways (BEA).

PB 8

Union of Burma Airways

Burma's National Airline

17" x 23" 

(43 x 58.5 cm)

Framed: $85

Unframed: $35

 Union of Burma Airways (UBA) was founded by the Burmese government after independence in 1948. It initially operated domestic services only but added limited international services to neighboring destinations in 1950. The airline was renamed several times from Union of Burma Airways to Burma Airways in 1972, Myanmar Airways in 1989, and finally Myanmar National Airlines in 2014. Interestingly, the Airline code UB is still in use and stands for Union of Burma. 

PB 9

Carl Hagenbeck's  Tierpark

Voelkerschau Birma

Adolph Friedländer, 1913

18" x 23.5" 

(46 x 60 cm)

Framed: $85

Unframed: $35

The German term 'Völkerschau' became common in the 19th century and denoted the exhibition of members of particular ethnic groups, above all for commercial reasons. After the recruitment process, a contract was settled between the supplier and the assembled people under the supervision of local authorities. This was to ensure that the group would be adequately provided for during their stay abroad and that they could expect a safe return. In addition, the contract regulated the group's working hours, pay, tasks and medical care. Before leaving, all members of the group had to be vaccinated and supplied with passports. The vaccination of the participants in the 'Völkerschauen' became mandatory after a number of groups had almost completely fallen victim to measles, smallpox and tuberculosis during their stay in Europe.

By the end of the 19th century, Carl Hagenbeck had brought the 'Völkerschau' to an unprecedented level of sophistication. Using earlier shows he had seen as his point of departure, Hagenbeck now planned larger exhibitions with more people and animals. He also had elaborate scenes put together to recreate, for instance, temples and bazaars. The process of implementation also became more tightly organized, as Hagenbeck used every available means of advertising to publicize his shows. Posters (as the one you can see above), remained the single most important medium of advertising. In addition to posters, advertisement included newspaper ads, ostentatious processions through the city and promotions with discounted ticket prices.

PB 10

Carl Hagenbeck's  Tierpark

Voelkerschau Birma

Adolph Friedländer, 1913

18" x 23.5" 

(46 x 60 cm)

Framed: $85

Unframed: $35

 PB 11

The Story of Princess Ma Mya Lay

15" x 22" 

(38 x 56 cm)

Framed: $80

Unframed: $30

PB 12

The Birman Alphabet

Lt. Col. Symes

1800

12.5" x 15.5"

(32 x 40 cm)

Framed: $50

Unframed: $20

 PB 13

Ringling Bros and 

Barnum & Bailey 01

1920s

15" x 21" 

(38 x 53 cm)

Framed: $75

Unframed: $30

PB 14

Ringling Bros and 

Barnum & Bailey 03

1920s

21" x 15" 

(53 x 38 cm)

Framed: $75

Unframed: $30

PB 15

Ringling Bros and 

Barnum & Bailey 02

1920s

15" x 21" 

(38 x 53 cm)

Framed: $75

Unframed: $30

PB 16

Burmese Gossip

Frank McIntosh,1920s

18" x 24" 

(46 x 61 cm)

Framed: $85

Unframed: $35

This poster by Frank McIntosh adorned the cover page of the Asia magazine in the 1920s. Asia was an American magazine that featured reporting about Asia and its people, including the Far East, Southeast Asia, South Asia, and the middle east. 

PB 17

Burmese sculptor 

at the knees of Buddha

Frank McIntosh

18" x 24" 

(46 x 61 cm)

Framed: $85

Unframed: $35

Burmese art has historically been intertwined with Buddhism and Buddha images are considered its finest expression. 

This poster by Frank McIntosh adorned the cover page of the Asia magazine in the 1920s. Asia was an American magazine that featured reporting about Asia and its people, including the Far East, Southeast Asia, South Asia, and the middle east.

PB 18

Burma: The Golden Landscape

Frank McIntosh, 1925

18" x 24" 

(46 x 61 cm)

Framed: $85

Unframed: $35

This poster by Frank McIntosh adorned the cover page of the Asia magazine in the 1920s. Asia was an American magazine that featured reporting about Asia and its people, including the Far East, Southeast Asia, South Asia, and the middle east. 

PB 19

A Teak Forest In Burma

Keith Henderson, 1926

27.5" x 19.5" (70 x 49.5 cm)

Framed: $90

Unframed: $40

30" x 22" (76 x 56 cm)

Framed: $100

Unframed: $45

The poster was issued by the Empire Marketing Board,  printed by H.M stationary office, and designed by Keith Henderson. The Empire Marketing Board was formed in the 1920s to promote intra-Empire trade and to persuade British consumers to purchase Empire goods.

PB 20

Elephants at Work

Martin Jones

14 " x  20" 

(35.5 x 51 cm)

Framed: $75

Unframed: $25

PB 21

Timber Stacking

Ba Nyan

Issued by the Empire Marketing Board

20.5" x 15" 

(52 x 38 cm)

Framed: $75

Unframed: $25

Ba Nyan was born in 1897. In 1921 he went to the Royal College of Art in London. There he learned western oil painting techniques, and began depicting the Burmese countryside in the style of conservative British landscape artists. In 1939 he became principal of the Art School for Myanmar students. Ba Nyan played a key role in introducing western techniques to Myanmar artists. Ba Nyan died in 1945, at the age of 48, shortly after the end of WWII.

The Empire Marketing Board was formed in the 1920s to promote intra-Empire trade and to persuade British consumers to purchase Empire goods.

PB 22

British Empire Exhibition

Martin Jones, 1924

14" x 20"

(35.5 x 51 cm)

Framed: $75

Unframed: $30

The British Empire Exhibition was held at Wembley Park, England, from 23 April 1924 to 31 October 1925. Its official aim was "to stimulate trade, strengthen bonds that bind mother Country to her Sister States and Daughters, to bring into closer contact the one with each other, to enable all who owe allegiance to the British flag to meet on common ground and learn to know each other". It cost £12 million and, at the time, was the largest exhibition ever staged anywhere in the world. It attracted 27 million visitors. 

PB 23

British Empire Exhibition

1924

14" x 20"

(35.5 x 51 cm)

Framed: $75

Unframed: $30

PB 24

British Empire Exhibition

Alexander Jamieson, 1924

14" x 20"

(35.5 x 51 cm)

Framed: $75

Unframed: $30

PB 25

Sandoway, Arakan

(now Thandwe, Rakhine)

C. Kegan

20" x 14"

(51 x 35.5  cm)

Framed: $75

Unframed: $30

PB 26

Salween House, Maulmain

(now Mawlamyine)

C. Kegan

20" x 14"

(51 x 35.5  cm)

Framed: $75

Unframed: $30

PB 27

Bassein

(now Pathein)

C. Kegan

20" x 14"

(51 x 35.5  cm)

Framed: $75

Unframed: $30

PB 28

The Shwe Dagon Pagoda, Rangoon

C. Kegan

14" x 20"

(35.5 x 51 cm)

Framed: $75

Unframed: $30

PB 29

Postmen of the British Empire, Burmah, India

1904

14" x 20"

(35.5 x 51 cm)

Framed: $75

Unframed: $30

During the period of British rule in Burma, the Imperial Post Office of India, established in 1837, oversaw all mail delivery across British India, which included a circuit in Burma. Postcards were introduced through the British postal department in 1879 and were first marketed at the inexpensive rate of a quarter-anna. More than fourteen million letters and postcards were sent across the Burmese province in 1900. 

PB 30

Gaw Daw Palin Temple

1930s

14" x 20"

(35.5 x 51 cm)

Framed: $75

Unframed: $30

The Gawdawpalin Temple is a Buddhist temple located in Bagan, Myanmar. Construction of the pagoda began in 1203 during the reign of Sithu II and was completed on 26 March 1227 during the reign of Htilominlo. At 55 m, Gawdawpalin Temple is the second tallest temple in Bagan. 

PB 31

The City of Mien (Bagan), with the Gold and Silver Towers

1874

20" x 14" 

(51 x 35.5 cm)

Framed: $75

Unframed: $30

Marco Polo described the city of Bagan: "And when you have travelled those 15 days through such a difficult country as I have described, in which travellers have to carry provisions for the road because there are no inhabitants, then you arrive at the capital city of this Province of Mien, and it also is called AMIEN, and is a very great and noble city.

And in this city there is a thing so rich and rare that I must tell you about it. You see there was in former days a rich and puissant king in this city, and when he was about to die he commanded that by his tomb they should erect two towers [one at either end], one of gold and the other of silver, in such fashion as I shall tell you. The towers are built of fine stone; and then one of them has been covered with gold a good finger in thickness, so that the tower looks as if it were all of solid gold; and the other is covered with silver in like manner so that it seems to be all of solid silver. Each tower is a good ten paces in height and of breadth in proportion. The upper part of these towers is round, and girt all about with bells, the top of the gold tower with gilded bells and the silver tower with silvered bells, insomuch that whenever the wind blows among these bells they tinkle. [The tomb likewise was plated partly with gold, and partly with silver.] The King caused these towers to be erected to commemorate his magnificence and for the good of his soul; and really they do form one of the finest sights in the world; so exquisitely finished are they, so splendid and costly. And when they are lighted up by the sun they shine most brilliantly and are visible from a vast distance."

PB 32

Laotiens des possessions Birmanes

Laotions of the Burmese Possesion

Louis Delaporte, 1867

23" x 18" 

(58.5 x 46 cm)

Framed: $85

Unframed: $35

These lithographs were made after the drawings of Louis Delaporte (1842-1925), a young naval officer and skilled draftsman who accompanied the 1866-1868 Mekong Exploration Commission. The exploration of the Mekong was one of the most significant expeditions in Southeast Asia in the nineteenth century, taking two years to complete and covering territory of what is now Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and south China. The principle goal of the expedition was to discover whether the Mekong could be a river trade route to China from the newly-established French territories in south Vietnam. The explorers also documented the landscape, local peoples and cultures, and flora and fauna. While the subject matter of Delaporte's illustrations indicates the scientific aspirations of the expedition, the images also emphasize picturesque and exotic elements, which created the popular appeal for the published accounts of the expedition. The artist’s style is realistic and highly detailed, in keeping with his official role of visually documenting the expedition, establishing the verisimilitude of the imagery. 

The border region submitted to Burma is crossed; here we are in Northern Laos inhabited by black belly Laotians, so named because the men have the habit of tattooing their belts and sometimes their whole body. These tattoos, executed with surprising finesse, represent animals, flowers or ornaments, dark indigo or sometimes red. When driving or at work, men are naked. At home and on holidays, men and women are dressed. Their costume borrows the turban, the ornaments, and the bright colors from the Burmese and the savages of the surrounding mountains. The monks keep the yellow costume which they wear in all of Indo-China. 

Voyage d'exploration en Indo-Chine: carried out during the years 1866, 1867, and 1868 by a French commission chaired by M. le capitaine de frégate Doudart de Legrée; work illustrated with 250 woodcuts after the sketches of M. Delaporte and accompanied by an atlas.  

PB 33

Population Mixtes des Royaumes de Xieng Tong et Xieng Hong

Mixed Population of the Kingdom of Keng Tung (now Kyaingtong) and Keng Hung (Chiang Hung/ Sipsongpanna/now Xishuangbanna)

Louis Delaporte, 1867

23" x 18" 

(58.5 x 46 cm)

Framed: $85

Unframed: $35

Keng Tung and Keng Hung were Shan States under the suzerainty of Burma. 

A lithograph of the various ethnic groups of the Shan States. The couple sitting on the right is Burmese, and the women sitting on the right are dressed in traditional Akha costumes.

PB 34

Indian State Railways, Burma

10" x 17.5" 

(25.5 x 44.5 cm)

Framed: $60

Unframed: $20

PB 35

Rangoon

10.5" x 14.5" 

(26.5 x 37 cm)

Framed: $50

Unframed: $20

PB 36

Mandalay

10.5" x 14.5" 

(26.5 x 37 cm)

Framed: $50

Unframed: $20

PB 37

Folies Bergere

La Troupe Birmane

Alfred Choubrac

1890

15" x 22" (38 x 56 cm)

Framed: $85

Unframed: $35

19 "x 28" (48 x 71 cm)

Framed: $90

Unframed: $40

The Folies Bergère dates back to 1869, when it opened as one of the first major music halls in Paris. It produced light opera and pantomimes with unknown singers and proved a resounding failure. Greater success came in the 1870s, when the Folies Bergère staged vaudeville. Among other performers, the early vaudeville shows featured acrobats, a snake charmer, a boxing kangaroo, trained elephants, the world’s tallest man, and a Greek prince who was covered in tattoos allegedly as punishment for trying to seduce the Shah of Persia’s daughter. The public was allowed to drink and socialize in the theater’s indoor garden and promenade area, and the Folies Bergère became synonymous with the carnal temptations of the French capital. Famous paintings by Édouard Manet and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec were set in the Folies. 

PB 38

Folies Bergere

1886

15" x 22" (38 x 56 cm)

Framed: $85

Unframed: $35

29 "x 20" (74 x 51 cm)

Framed: $100

Unframed: $45

In 1885, the British army annexed Upper Burma. King Theebaw and his family were exiled. The hairy family managed to escape into a forest. An Italian officer, Captain Paperno, who had been a military advisor to the Burmese court, was sent out to rescue them. When the Italian found them, he was astounded by their extraordinary appearance. He suggested that the hairy Burmese should make a tour of Europe, being exhibited for money. Together with a fellow countryman, Mr Farini, the Captain, who was himself without employment after the gutting of the Burmese court, decided to act as their impresario. Before the hairy Burmese left for Europe, Maphoon’s daughter Ma Me died at the age of 25.

During the summer of 1886, the family appeared at the Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly, where they were seen by Mr J J Weirs. He described Ma Phon as a blind old woman, lively and full of fun, and an inveterate chewer of betel despite her few teeth.

From London the Burmese went on to Paris, where they appeared at the Folies-Bergere. 

PB 39

Folies Bergere

Moung Toon

Alfred Choubrac

1890

18" x 23" (46 x 58.5 cm)

Framed: $85

Unframed: $35

19 "x 28" (48 x 71 cm)

Framed: $90

Unframed: $40

 PB 40

Bibby Line

 James S. Mann, 1930s

17" x 25" 

(43 x 63.5 cm)

Framed: $85

Unframed: $35

The Bibby Line was founded in 1807 by John Bibby (1775–1840). It has operated in most shipping areas throughout its 200-year history and claims to be the world's oldest independently owned shipping line.  

PB 41

Bibby Line

 James S. Mann, 1930s

15" x 22"

(38 x 56 cm)

Framed: $75

Unframed: $25

The Bibby Line was founded in 1807 by John Bibby (1775–1840). It has operated in most areas of shipping throughout its 200-year history, and claims to be the oldest independently owned shipping line in the world.

 PB 42

Henderson Line

1920s

16" x 22" 

(40.5 x 56.5 cm)

Framed: $85

Unframed: $35

P Henderson & Company, also known as Paddy Henderson, was a ship owning and management company based in Glasgow, Scotland, and operating to Burma. In 1869 the Suez Canal was opened, making steamships more economic on the Glasgow – Burma route, so in 1870 P. Henderson & Co. started a steamship service between Glasgow, Liverpool, and Burma. No mail contract was available on this route as all mail went via India. 

PB 43

Black Panther

Major Felten

18" x 22" 

(46 x 56 cm)

Framed: $85

Unframed: $35

PB 44

Coco-Palm

Frank McIntosh

18" x 24" 

(46 x 61 cm)

Framed: $85

Unframed: $35

PB 45

The Leopard and the Serpent

Frank McIntosh,1925

18" x 24" 

(46 x 61 cm)

Framed: $85

Unframed: $35

PB 46

Elephants

Robert Harrer

18" x 24" 

(46 x 61 cm)

Framed: $85

Unframed: $35

PB 47

The Ivory Elephants

Frank McIntosh

18" x 24" 

(46 x 61 cm)

Framed: $85

Unframed: $35

PB 48

Woman & Statues

Frank McIntosh,1920s

19.5" x 24"

(38 x 47 cm)

Framed: $85

Unframed: $35

PB 49

Mowgli and the Black Panther

Frank McIntosh, 1926

18" x 24" 

(46 x 61 cm)

Framed: $85

Unframed: $35

PB 50

Monkey

Frank McIntosh

18" x 22" 

(46 x 56 cm)

Framed: $85

Unframed: $35

PB 51

Vimto

San Lwin

1920s

15" x 20" 

(38 x 51 cm)

Framed: $75

Unframed: $30

John Noel Nichols first started selling wholesale herbal and medicinal products in Manchester in 1908. In December 1912, he registered the name of his health tonic ‘Vimto' as a medicine, then again two months later as a beverage. The name was shortened from 'Vim Tonic', vim meaning energy or power. The brand gradually took off as a popular non-alcoholic drink for sale to herbalists and temperance bars. By June 1920, Vimto concentrate was sold to bottling agents across the UK and increasingly abroad, to make up sparkling Vimto for sale in all outlets. In the early 1920’s Richard Goodsir, a friend of Noel Nichols, who was the Indian representative for Kiwi boot polish, took a few samples of Vimto concentrate with him to India for the local bottling firms to sample. The British troops from the North West Regiments provided an immediate market as Vimto offered a welcome memory of the taste of home. In 1925 Vimto was introduced to Burma (now Myanmar), Goa, and Ceylon (now Sri Lanka). 

PB 52

On the Road to Mandalay

1907

12" x 16"

(30.5 x 40.5 cm)

Framed: $60

Unframed: $25

By the old Moulmein Pagoda lookin’ eastward to the sea

There’s a Burma girl a-settin’ and I know she thinks of me

For the wind is in the palm trees, and the temple bells they say

“Come you back, you British soldier, Come you back to Mandalay”

Come you back to Mandalay

Come you back to Mandalay

Where the old Flotilla lay

Can’t you ‘ear their paddles chunkin’ from Rangoon to Mandalay?

On the road to Mandalay

Where the flyin’ fishes play

An’ the dawn comes up like thunder out of China ‘crost the bay

‘Er petticoat was yaller, an’ ‘er little cap was green

An’ ‘er name was Su-pi-yaw-lat, jes’ the same as Thee-baw’s queen

An’ I seed her first a-smokin’ of a whackin’ white cheroot

An’ a-wastin’ Christian kisses on a ‘eathen idol’s foot

On a ‘eathen idol’s foot

Bloomin’ idol made o’ mud

What they called the great Gawd Budd

Plucky lot she cared for idols when I kissed her where she stood

On the road to Mandalay

Where the flyin’ fishes play

An’ the dawn comes up like thunder out of China ‘crost the bay

Ship me somewheres east of Suez where the best is like the worst

Where there aren’t no Ten Commandments, An’ a man can raise a thirst

For the temple bells are callin’, And it’s there that I would be

By the old Moulmein Pagoda lookin’ lazy at the sea

Lookin’ lazy at the sea

Come you back to Mandalay

Where the old Flotilla lay

Can’t you ‘ear their paddles chunkin’ from Rangoon to Mandalay?

On the road to Mandalay

Where the flyin’ fishes play

An’ the dawn comes up like thunder out of China ‘crost the bay

Poem by Rudyard Kipling

PB 53

Down in old Rangoon

c. 1923

16" x 20"

(40.5 x 51 cm)

Framed: $75

Unframed: $30

 PB 54

Burma

Vic. Veevers

10.5" x 15"

(26.5 x 38 cm)

Framed: $50

Unframed: $20

PB 55

Jules Robin Brandy

1920s

15" x 19.5" 

(38 x 49.5 cm)

Framed: $75

Unframed: $30

Jules Robin was born in 1815 as André Jules Robin and in 1850 founded the renowned cognac house, Jules Robin. By the end of the 19th century it was the second largest in size (after Hennessy) and had a very good name. In addition, Robin has also worked to raise awareness of the good name of cognac. The poster, issued by Bume & Reif, sole agents in Burma for this imported brandy, warns users to avoid imitation brands in English, Chinese and Burmese. Jules Robin & Company was the first cognac producer to ship its brandy in bottles as opposed to casks. Using bottles allowed the company to develop its own labels, and inspired other brandy makers to follow suit.  

PB 56

The Rangoon Courts, Rangoon Burma

Unknown, c. 1931

20" x 14" 

(51 x 35.5 cm)

Framed: $75

Unframed: $30

The foundation stone of this huge structure was laid by the then Governor of Burma, Sir Harcourt Butler on 3 March 1927. The building was completed in 1931 to host the district and local courts of Rangoon. The building was built on a steel frame, manufactured in North-East England by the company Dorman Long which produced several colonial-era projects including the Sydney Harbour Bridge and the railways of India.

PB 57

A Paddy Field in Burmah

Ba Nyan

Issued by the Empire  Marketing Board

23" x 17" 

(58.5 x 43 cm)

Framed: $85

Unframed: $35

Ba Nyan was born in 1897. In 1921 he went to the Royal College of Art in London. There he learned western oil painting techniques, and began depicting the Burmese countryside in the style of conservative British landscape artists. In 1939 he became principal of the Art School for Myanmar students. Ba Nyan played a key role in introducing western techniques to Myanmar artists. Ba Nyan died in 1945, at the age of 48, shortly after the end of WWII.

From 1926 to 1933 The Empire Marketing Board, with state funds began a massive poster campaign to promote the goods of the empire.  The EMB published around 800 different designs and aspired to secure the best from many of the most distinguished artists of the period.

PB 58

Air Orient

18.5" x 24" 

(47 x 61 cm)

Framed: $85

Unframed: $35

Air Orient was an airline based in France. Created in 1929 from the merger of Air Asie and Air Union Lignes d’Orient, the short-lived airline was merged with Air France in 1933.

PB 59

The Hospitable Land of Burma

15" x 20"

(38.1 x 51 cm)

Framed: $75

Unframed: $30

Movie poster from 1956. The title translates to 'The Hospitable Land of Burma' It is a documentary on the state visit to Burma by the Soviet politician Nikolai Bulganin with the leader of the Soviet Union Nikita Khrushchev in 1955.  

PB 60

Padaung Woman

Frank Mcintosh

12" x 15"

(30.5 x 38 cm)

Framed: $50

Unframed: $20

PB 61

Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus

The Giraffe Neck Women from Burma

14" x 19"

(35.5 x 48 cm)

Framed: $75

Unframed: $30

The Hagenbeck–Wallace Circus was a circus that traveled across America in the early part of the 20th century. At its peak, it was the second-largest circus in America next to Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey Circus.

PB 62

Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey combined Circus 

Giraffe Neck Women from Burma

21" x 15"

(53 x 38 cm)

Framed: $75

Unframed: $30

PB 63

Bertram Mills Circus

The Giraffe Neck Women from Upper Burma are here

17" x 24"

(38 x 58 cm)

Framed: $85

Unframed: $35

Bertram Wagstaff Mills was born in 1873 in Paddington, London. His father, Halford Mills, was an undertaker – a “pioneer of embalming” and one of the first undertakers in England to offer cremation. Bertram, a very keen horse rider, fought in WW1 rising to the rank of Captain. After leaving the Army he had a bet with a friend that he could form a circus company within a year. He did, and the Bertram Mills International Circus was formed.It didn’t take long for the circus to become a household name especially for its annual Christmas event at Olympia. Mills always invited hundreds of orphans to come and see the show for free. The Royal Family and Winston Churchill were also regular annual guests. When Bertram Mills died in April 1938 his sons took over the business maintaining its popularity until the early 1960s when it failed to compete with television.

PB 64

Burma Convoy

18" x 14"

(46 x 35.5 cm)

Framed: $75

Unframed: $30

The story mostly pertains to the trucking of munitions to the Chinese Army under British direction and with some Americans participating, but there are no dialogue references to Japan, and the parachute troops who attempt to sabotage the convoy are identified as Chinese insurrectionists. 

PB 65

Burma Convoy

14" x 20"

(35.5 x 51 cm)

Framed: $75

Unframed: $30

PB 67

Objective Burma 1

20" x 14" 

(51 x 35.5 cm)

Framed: $75

Unframed: $25

PB 68

Objective Burma 2

20" x 15.5" (51 x 39 cm)

Framed: $75

Unframed: $25

PB 69

A Yank on the Burma Road

12" x 18" 

(30.5 x 46 cm)

Framed: $70

Unframed: $25

PB 70

Burmese Lady with Umbrella

31.5" x 31.5" 

(80 x 80 cm)

Framed: $110

Unframed: $45

23.5" x 23.5" 

(60 x 60 cm)

Framed: $85

Unframed: $35

PB 71

Prince of Foxes

15" x 11" (38 x 28 cm)

Framed: $50

Unframed: $20

PB 72

Scarlet Angel

15" x 11" (38 x 28 cm)

Framed: $50

Unframed: $20

PB 73

15 Kyats

24" x 11.5" 

(61 x 29 cm)

Framed: $75

Unframed: $30

 PB 74

25 Kyats

24" x 13.5" 

(61 x 34 cm)

Framed: $75

Unframed: $30

PB  75

35 Kyats

24" x 11.5" 

(61 x 29 cm)

Framed: $75 

Unframed: $30

PB 76

45 Kyats

24" x 11.5" 

(61 x 29 cm)

Framed: $75

Unframed: $30

PB 77

75 Kyats

24" x 11.5" 

(61 x 29 cm)

Framed: $75 

Unframed: $30

PB 78

90 Kyats

24" x 11.5" 

(61 x 29 cm)

Framed: $75

Unframed: $30

PB 79

Burmese Bronze Dragon Cannon

William Gibb 

1896

14" x 20"

(35.5 x 51 cm)

Framed: $75

Unframed: $30

These Burmese bronze dragon cannon were cast in 1790. They were taken by British forces in 1885 from King Thebaw’s Palace in Mandalay. The cannons are now displayed at the Royal Armouries Museum Fort Nelson.