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Collection Area Visual Arts Place Burma, Magwe, Pagan, Irrawaddy, River Level [40] File

1. WD540(23)

Reference (shelfmark):
WD540(23)
Title:
Panoramic view of Pagân, looking S.W. by S.. Artist(s): Grant, Colesworthy (1813-1880)
Scope & Content:
‘Panoramic view of Pagân, looking S.W. by S.’ THIS portion of the Panorama contributes but a few, and very minor, ruins to the scene. A sandy plain, dotted with patches of low jungle; a trifle of vegetation of a better kind near the banks; the river and hills upon the opposite shore, are all el...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1855
Extent:
1 Item

2. WD540(24)

Reference (shelfmark):
WD540(24)
Title:
Panoramic view of Pagân, looking W.. Artist(s): Grant, Colesworthy (1813-1880)
Scope & Content:
‘Panoramic view of Pagân,’ ‘looking W.’ THE four preceding views were taken on the upward journey of the Mission: the concluding two were drawn on its return. Hence the river, having fallen considerably, presents a lower surface, and dry sand banks where none were before visible. This plate of...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1855
Extent:
1 Item

3. WD540(25)

Reference (shelfmark):
WD540(25)
Title:
Panoramic view of Pagân, looking N.N.W.. Artist(s): Grant, Colesworthy (1813-1880)
Scope & Content:
‘Panoramic view of Pagân,’ ‘looking N.N.W.’ COMPLETES the Panorama of the one-time city of Forty-five Kings. This section includes the town, and it will be observed repeats the steamers and other objects about the ‘Boo-Phya’ or Pumpkin Pagoda. This is accounted for by its having been impractica...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1855
Extent:
1 Item

4. WD540(26)

Reference (shelfmark):
WD540(26)
Title:
Boo Phya, or Pumkin Pagoda, bank of the River, Pagân.. Artist(s): Grant, Colesworthy (1813-1880)
Scope & Content:
‘Boo Phya, or Pumkin Pagoda, bank of the River, Pagân.’ THIS singular Temple, the circular sloping base of which is washed by the waters of the Irrawaddy, crowns a succession of four terraces with parapets, and forms not the least remarkable object of a remarkable place. In itself it has certai...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1855
Extent:
1 Item

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