Panoramic view of Umeerapoora. Looking E.. Artist(s): Grant, Colesworthy (1813-1880)
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‘Panoramic view of Umeerapoora. Looking E.’ THIS laborious and minutely detailed section of the Panorama embraces the whole of the walled city of Umeerapoora, with the King’s Palace rearing its elegant pyasath in the centre; the range of high mountains to the east, and a small portion of the l...
Panoramic view of Umeerapoora. Looking S.E.. Artist(s): Grant, Colesworthy (1813-1880)
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‘Painramic view) of Umeerapoora. Looking S.E.’ THIS division includes an exceedingly elaborate and imposing group of Pagodas, Kyoums and brick Tzoums, together with numerous private dwellings of the better class which are roofed with wood. Between the very elegant, large and gilt pagoda, whic...
Panoramic view of Umeerapoora. Looking S.. Artist(s): Grant, Colesworthy (1813-1880)
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‘Panoramic view of Umeerapoora. Looking S.’ COMPLETES the circle of the Panorama, but repeats at its junction with the river off Sagain, a small portion of the scene represented in Part 1. The explanation of this apparent inaccuracy is precisely the same as that given for the like occurrence i...
West Gate and part of City Wall, Umeerapoora.. Artist(s): Grant, Colesworthy (1813-1880)
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‘West Gate and part of City Wall, Umeerapoora.’ THIS view was taken from the terrace of Mr. Spear’s residence, and overlooked the broad moat, — the causeway or bridge which crosses it, and the western gate in the wall of the City, which on the exterior appeared to be about 17 or 18 feet in heig...
Street, and Eastern gate of Umeerapoora.. Artist(s): Grant, Colesworthy (1813-1880)
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‘Street, and Eastern gate of Umeerapoora.’ The gate of honour at which the Mission entered on the several occasions of audiences with the King is called the ‘Ywè-dau-yoo-Taga,’ or the ‘Royal Gate of the Chosen’, because the care of it is entrusted to chosen troops. ‘It is the only gate of the P...
The Kings Palace, Exterior View, from within the Royal grounds.. Artist(s): Grant, Colesworthy (1813-1880)
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‘The Kings Palace, Exterior View, from within the Royal grounds.’ THE Palace, or ‘Nan-dau,’ was built by Tharawaddee about the year 1838, and with its grounds is believed to cover a space of about quarter of a mile square. The lower part, an elevated terrace, is of brick; the superstructure ent...
The Throne and audience Chamber, Palace.. Artist(s): Grant, Colesworthy (1813-1880)
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‘The Throne and audience Chamber, Palace.’ CALLED ‘Thee-ha-thuna-yàzà-pulleng’, and used only on occasions of importance. If this drawing realizes in any degree to the eye the blaze and brilliancy of the colonnaded hall, with its choir and transepts, its elaborately ornate and singular throne,...
The White Elephant Palace, within Royal Palace grounds.. Artist(s): Grant, Colesworthy (1813-1880)
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‘The White Elephant Palace, within Royal Palace grounds.’ THIS building, the state room, as it may be termed, of the far famed ‘Lord White Elephant’ of Ava, is situated in the same grounds and on the same line with the Royal Palace. It is only necessary to place this drawing on the right of the...
A Kioum or Monastry, near the British Residency.. Artist(s): Grant, Colesworthy (1813-1880)
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‘A Kioum or Monastry, near the British Residency.’ THIS strikingly pictorial and handsome building, called the ‘Tha-ta-than-a Kioum’, is a fair and characteristic example of the general architecture of these monastic edifices, and was long an object of admiration to the gentlemen of the Mission...
The British Residency - Toung-um-mah.. Artist(s): Grant, Colesworthy (1813-1880)
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‘The British Residency - Toung-um-mah.’ THE Building prepared for the reception and accommodation of the Embassy was situated on the eastern margin of the Lake Toungummah, and constructed under the superintendence of Mr. Camaretta, with the friendly aid of Mr. Spears, at an expence of between ...