1929 Photogravure Goose Throne Mandalay Royal Palace Burma Myanmar Hurlimann

This is an original 1929 photogravure of the Goose Throne of the royal palace in Mandalay, Burma (Myanmar). The palace was last inhabited by royalty in 1885. Unfortunately, the palace was burned during World War II and has been partially reconstructed since. The photographer of this image is Dr. Martin Hürlimann of Berlin, Germany. His photographs were largely composed of cities and civilizations, and taken mostly with a Sinclair camera. Period Paper is pleased to offer an exceptional collection of historic original photogravures of the landscape, architecture, and people of Ceylon and Indochina including the present-day countries of Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, and Laos, and Yunnan, a Province of southwestern China. The actual border around the photogravure is larger than what is shown in the digital image, and each image usually has a caption in German, English, French, and Italian which will be included with the item when shipped. However, we wanted to show you the actua