Metadata for RCSPC-Y3029A-012 (RCS Y3029A/12)
| Identifier: | RCSPC-Y3029A-012 |
| Creator: | Beato, Felix, fl 1850-1891, photographer |
| Title: | The assault on Kyaing-Kwintaung Stockade by the Coy 2nd Devon Regt. Under Capt. Davies and 2nd Lts. Holman and Logan |
| Description: | 270 x 205 mm. Showing soldiers of the Devonshire Regiment outside the stockade, with a bugler and a wounded man in the foreground. The photograph, judging by the static postures of the figures, is a reconstruction after the event. Situated between the Irrawaddy and Chindwin Rivers, the state of Wuntho was not absorbed into British administration after the Third Burmese War of 1885-86. The Sawbwa (hereditary ruler of a Shan state) at this period was Maung Aung Myat who had taken over the leadership in 1881. Consistently ill-disposed towards the British the Sawbwa had allowed his lands to become a place of refuge for dacoits (robbers) fleeing the British and in February 1891 open rebellion broke out when British troops entered northern Wuntho in pursuit of bandits. A number of British police posts were attacked and British troops moved into the area. On February 21 news came that the Sawbwa had stockaded himself at Kyaing-Kwintaung, situated about midway between Kawlin and Wuntho and on February 22 a force under the command of Captain T.A.H. Davies attacked the stronghold and killed 50 dacoits. A similar action at Okkan on the same day crushed the rebellion. |
| Date created from: | 1891 |
| Date created to: | 1891 |
| Coverage spatial: | Sagaing (Asia, Myanmar) |
| Source: | RCS Y3029A/12 |
| Is part of: | RCS Photograph Collection, Y3029A. |
| DCMIType: | Image |
| Medium: | image/jpeg |
| Extent: | 221KB |
| Dimension X: | 583 |
| Dimension Y: | 433 |
| Dimension units: | Pixels |
| Resolution: | 72 dpi |
| Bit depth: | 24 bit |
| Colour space: | Adobe RGB 1998 |
| Compression type: | JPEG |
| Compression ratio: | Quality 9 |
| Camera body: | Mamiya RB |
| Camera back: | Leaf Valeo 11 Digital |
| Lighting: | 1000w Bowens Flash Heads |
| Lens: | Mamiya 50mm f/4.5 Wide Angle Lens |
| ISO: | 25 |
| Aperture: | F/16 |
| ShutterSpeed: | 1/125 |
| Digitised by: | SM. Photography Department. Cambridge University Library. |
| Publisher: | Royal Commonwealth Society Library. Cambridge University Library. University of Cambridge. |
| Rights: | Copyright Cambridge University Library. |
| Date Digitised: | 2003-10-24 |