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032-003281506 Collection Area Visual Arts

101. WD8

Reference (shelfmark):
WD8
Title:
Amir Mir Mir Muhammad Khan of Hyderabad (Sind). Portrait, three-quarter length standing figure, facing right. Artist(s): Grant, Colesworthy (1813-1880)
Scope & Content:
Amir Mir Mir Muhammad Khan of Hyderabad (Sind). Portrait, three-quarter length standing figure, facing right. c.1842. Inscribed on back in pencil: ‘H.H. Umeer Meer Meer Muhummud Khan of Hyderabad.’ Oval, water-colour on card; 18 by 14 ins. Note: Sketch for ‘Oriental heads,’ no.58.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1842
Extent:
1 Item

102. WD540(30)

Reference (shelfmark):
WD540(30)
Title:
View in Kyouk Taloung; looking over the River N.E.. Artist(s): Grant, Colesworthy (1813-1880)
Scope & Content:
‘View in Kyouk Taloung; looking over the River N.E.’ A VIEW taken from the same spot, looking north, has no other interest than shewing the features of the place in that direction, and of the opposite shore. A few miles above this station the Mission was met by a large fleet of war boats, abou...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1855
Extent:
1 Item

103. WD540(33)

Reference (shelfmark):
WD540(33)
Title:
Umeerapoora, from the long wooden Bridge, crossing the Lake Toung-ummah.. Artist(s): Grant, Colesworthy (1813-1880)
Scope & Content:
‘Umeerapoora, from the long wooden Bridge, crossing the Lake Toung-ummah.’ THIS distant, flat, and very meagre view of the capital, or of its margin, is obtained from the long wooden bridge which crosses the lake ‘Toung-ah-mah’, lying eastward, or in rear of the city. The rustic but strongly bu...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1855
Extent:
1 Item

104. WD540(86)

Reference (shelfmark):
WD540(86)
Title:
Moung-Gya-oo. Mugway Mengyee - Chief Woongee, or Prime Minister of State.. Artist(s): Grant, Colesworthy (1813-1880)
Scope & Content:
‘Moung-Gya-oo. Mugway Mengyee - Chief Woongee, or Prime Minister of State.’ THE ‘Mugwe Mengyee’, Chief Woongee, or Prime Minister of State. Age about 58. ‘See Report page 247, and 248’.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1855
Extent:
1 Item

105. WD540(90)

Reference (shelfmark):
WD540(90)
Title:
The Tsare-daugee or Royal Scribe. In charge of British Residency.. Artist(s): Grant, Colesworthy (1813-1880)
Scope & Content:
‘The Tsare-daugee or Royal Scribe. In charge of British Residency.’ THIS most amusingly imperturbable old official was invested with charge of the British Residency as a sort of Major Domo; an office he contrived to fill with that amount of success which won for him the very highest meed of — ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1855
Extent:
1 Item

106. WD540(95)

Reference (shelfmark):
WD540(95)
Title:
Maphoon, The Hirsute faced Woman of Ava, and her child.. Artist(s): Grant, Colesworthy (1813-1880)
Scope & Content:
‘Maphoon, The Hirsute faced Woman of Ava, and her child.’ THIS extraordinary object is fully described in the Report, page 110. A Portrait of her as a child, together with that of her father, will be found in Crawfords ‘Embassy’ to Burmah in 1826. Maphoon is now a woman of 31 years of age, and...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1855
Extent:
1 Item

107. WD540(105)

Reference (shelfmark):
WD540(105)
Title:
Major A.P. Phayre. Envoy, and Commissioner of the Pegue Provinces.. Artist(s): Grant, Colesworthy (1813-1880)
Scope & Content:
‘Major A.P. Phayre. Envoy, and Commissioner of the Pegue Provinces.’ MAJOR PHAYRE, of the 7th Bengal Native Infantry, was appointed to the old Taline Corps in the Tenasserim Provinces, and subsequently to the Civil Department in Arracan, where he rose to be Principal Assistant to the Commissi...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1855
Extent:
1 Item

108. WD540(20)

Reference (shelfmark):
WD540(20)
Title:
Panoramic view of Pagân, looking N.E. by N.. Artist(s): Grant, Colesworthy (1813-1880)
Scope & Content:
‘Panoramic view of Pagân, looking N.E. by N.’ THE marvels of the ancient city of Pagan, with, its ten miles of ruins, eight centuries old, had long been the subject of conversation and anxious curiosity to the members of the Mission, — and their realization rather exceeded than fell short of ex...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1855
Extent:
1 Item

109. 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

110. WD540(29)

Reference (shelfmark):
WD540(29)
Title:
View in Kyouk Taloung; looking over the River.. Artist(s): Grant, Colesworthy (1813-1880)
Scope & Content:
‘View in Kyouk Taloung; looking over the River.’ TAKEN from the rear of the town, the front and river view of which, covering the brow of an eminence, had whilst steaming past, elicited the greatest admiration. A considerable collection of pagodas, and other religious edifices, rearing their wh...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1855
Extent:
1 Item