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201. WD540(79)

Reference (shelfmark):
WD540(79)
Title:
Khien Woman.. Artist(s): Grant, Colesworthy (1813-1880)
Scope & Content:
‘Khien Woman.’ THESE women, who were small made, and very plain, are of the semi-wild race of people known as ‘Khyens’, inhabiting a portion of the Aracan hills. (See Report page 283.) The faces of these poor women were tattooed over their whole surface; a barbarism which is said to have had fo...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1855
Extent:
1 Item

202. WD540(80)

Reference (shelfmark):
WD540(80)
Title:
Moung Toh. Khien.. Artist(s): Grant, Colesworthy (1813-1880)
Scope & Content:
‘Moung Toh. Khien.’ BELIEVED to be the husband of one of the Khyen women already noticed, and far better looking than either. The character of the face strongly approximates to the Shan physiognomy.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1855
Extent:
1 Item

203. WD540(81)

Reference (shelfmark):
WD540(81)
Title:
Moung Shwé-Gnyo. Myoke of Thayet-myo.. Artist(s): Grant, Colesworthy (1813-1880)
Scope & Content:
‘Moung Shwé-Gnyo. Myoke of Thayet-myo.’ MYOKE, or under Magistrate, of Thyetmew, the British frontier station. He is said to have commanded a considerable body of the Burmese against us at the taking of Rangoon, and according to his own history of the event, to have been the last to quit the...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1855
Extent:
1 Item

204. WD540(82)

Reference (shelfmark):
WD540(82)
Title:
Moung Yué. Myoke of Meerday.. Artist(s): Grant, Colesworthy (1813-1880)
Scope & Content:
‘Moung Yué. Myoke of Meerday.’ MYOKE of the frontier station depot of Meaday. This old man bears the soubriquet of ‘‘the British Lion’,’ from some resemblance which it is fancied he bears to the well known and honoured Heraldic King of Quadrupeds. He joined the British at commencement of the w...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1855
Extent:
1 Item

205. WD540(83)

Reference (shelfmark):
WD540(83)
Title:
Governor of Pagân.. Artist(s): Grant, Colesworthy (1813-1880)
Scope & Content:
‘Governor of Pagân.’ CALLED also the ‘Myit-sing-woon’, ‘a kind of High Sheriff of the Irrawaddee.’ (Report page 34 )
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1855
Extent:
1 Item

206. WD540(85)

Reference (shelfmark):
WD540(85)
Title:
'The Lord White Elephant' Regalia.. Artist(s): Grant, Colesworthy (1813-1880)
Scope & Content:
‘'The Lord White Elephant' Regalia.’ FIG 1, — A plate of gold, probably eighteen inches in length, bordered with innumerable Rubies, and having, in the centre, the name or title of the Royal beast. Worn across the forehead. FIG 2. — The jewelled Frontlet, worn above the trunk, and below the ey...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1855
Extent:
1 Item

207. WD953

Reference (shelfmark):
WD953
Title:
Album of 116 drawings made under the supervision of MacKenzie; ff. 1-74 depict 'antiquities' and ff. 75-105 costume, customs, life and scenes in Java. 1811-13. Artist(s): MacKenzie, Colin (1754-1821)
Scope & Content:
'Book 19'. 116 drawings (105 folios) made under the supervision of MacKenzie; ff.1-74 depict ‘antiquities' and ff.75-105 costume, customs, life and scenes in Java. 1811-13. f.1 inscribed in ink: ‘Antiquities & Costume of Java. 1812-3. This volume contains 116’ ‘Drawings’; in red ink: ‘C...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1811-1813
Extent:
1 Item

208. WD955

Reference (shelfmark):
WD955
Title:
Album of 25 drawings depicting costume and 'antiquities' in Java. c. 1813. The text in this volume is a copy of Boeckholtz's 'History of Java'
Scope & Content:
'Book 21'. 25 drawings (ff.78-106) depicting costume and 'antiquities' in Java. c.1813. The text in this volume is a copy of Boeckholtz's 'History of Java'. For an English translation made by A. Brand for MacKenzie in October 1814, see MacKenzie Collection 'Private' 16. The present drawings...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1813
Extent:
1 Item

209. WD959

Reference (shelfmark):
WD959
Title:
Album of 372 drawings of landscapes, coastlines, costumes and everyday life made during Lord Macartney's embassy to the Emperor of China. Between 1792 and 1794. Artist(s): Alexander, William (1767-1816)
Scope & Content:
372 drawings (70 folios) made during the voyage to China and during the embassy, arranged in two sections: section 1, ff.1-30 and section ii, ff.31-70. 3 drawings are by other hands: f.48 (67) by J. Barrow, Comptroller of the Household to Lord Macartney; f.49 (74) by a 'Chinese mandarin'; f.64 ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1792-1794
Extent:
1 Item

210. WD961

Reference (shelfmark):
WD961
Title:
Album of 278 drawings of landscapes, coastlines, costumes and everyday life made during Lord Macartney's embassy to the Emperor of China. Between 1792 and 1794. Artist(s): Alexander, William (1767-1816)
Scope & Content:
278 drawings (89 folios) made during the voyage to China and during the embassy. Seven drawings are by other hands: f.8 (28) and f.44 (124) by Sir George Staunton, Secretary to the embassy; ff.59, 59v (157-159) by Captain William Henry Parish, Royal Artillery; f.60v, 61 (161-162) by a Chinese ar...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1792-1794
Extent:
1 Item

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