Art, Symbol & Imagination
Ma-Hla-Byu: Miss Pretty and Fair
A woman in a white jacket and patterned green skirt holds a broad circular parasol behind her head. The plain pale background isolates the colours and folds of her clothing. Kelly’s original caption names Ma-Hla-Byu and translates the name as Miss Pretty and Fair.
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R. Talbot Kelly. "Ma-Hla-Byu: Miss Pretty and Fair" [editorial title]. In Burma: Painted and Described, R. Talbot Kelly. 1905 edition; preservation facsimile completed with one illustration from the1912printing, 1905, Adam and Charles Black. Source scan leaf 79. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0457-0061
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R. Talbot Kelly. Ma-Hla-Byu: Miss Pretty and Fair. Burma: Painted and Described. Scan leaf 79. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0457-0061