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Description: Watercolour with pen and ink of a portrait of the Tsare-Dau-Gee (စာရေးတော်ကြီး , Sayeidawgyi) or Royal Scribe at Amarapura. This most amusingly imperturbable old official was invested with charge of the British Residency as a sort of Major Domo; an office he contrived to fill with that amount of success which won for him the very highest need of - self satisfaction.
Title: Konbaung royal scribe
Credit: A Series of Views in Burmah taken during Major Phayre’s Mission to the Court of Ava in 1855
Author: Colesworthey Grant
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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