2-356-213 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Reception of General Roberts in Mandalay at the east gate of the palace, Burma, 1887. General Frederick Sleigh Roberts was appointed Commander-in-Chief of British forces in India in 1885. Burma was incorporated into the British Raj in 1886. From a sketch by Captain C Pulley, 3rd Gurkha Regiment. A print from The Illustrated London News, 8th January 1887.