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21. 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

22. 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

23. WD540(31)

Reference (shelfmark):
WD540(31)
Title:
Distant view of Umerapoora, from the Sagain Hill.. Artist(s): Grant, Colesworthy (1813-1880)
Scope & Content:
‘Distant view of Umerapoora, from the Sagain Hill.’ UMEERAPOORA, the capital of Burmah, seen from the summit of the southern hill at Sagàin, over the broad expanse of the Irrawaddy, smooth and brilliant as a mirror, presented a spectacle which neither pencil nor pen could flatter. The city, wi...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1855
Extent:
1 Item

24. WD540(32)

Reference (shelfmark):
WD540(32)
Title:
Sagain, and distant view of Ava, from the Sagain Hill.. Artist(s): Grant, Colesworthy (1813-1880)
Scope & Content:
‘Sagain, and distant view of Ava, from the Sagain Hill.’ STANDING on the same spot from whence the preceding view was obtained, and turning southward, the scene embraces a very distant view of Ava, or the site of that old capital, which may be known by a dim and minute cluster of pagodas on the...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1855
Extent:
1 Item

25. 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

26. WD540(49)

Reference (shelfmark):
WD540(49)
Title:
Dalhousie Bay, and Island of Negrais.. Artist(s): Grant, Colesworthy (1813-1880)
Scope & Content:
‘Dalhousie Bay, and Island of Negrais.’ FROM the hill at Fytche Point. The site of the new settlement near Cape Negrais, named after the Governor General, the Marquis of Dalhousie. To this place it is intended to remove the existing Government establishment from Bassein. It is situated on the w...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1855
Extent:
1 Item

27. WD540(50)

Reference (shelfmark):
WD540(50)
Title:
The Bank at Theroukmyeon (or Myenka-toung). Artist(s): Grant, Colesworthy (1813-1880)
Scope & Content:
‘The Bank at Theroukmyeon (or Myenka-toung)’ MYENKA-TOUNG appears to have been the name by which, thirty years ago, the Pagoda was known which crowns one of the cliffs of red sand stone on the right or western bank of the river, between Menhla and Mengoon. It is referred to at page 9 of Report.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1855
Extent:
1 Item

28. WD540(51)

Reference (shelfmark):
WD540(51)
Title:
The Bank at Theroukmyeon (or Myenka-toung), higher up.. Artist(s): Grant, Colesworthy (1813-1880)
Scope & Content:
‘The Bank at Theroukmyeon (or Myenka-toung), higher up.’ THE same, higher up, shewing a succession of similar cliffs, crowned, divided, and based by thick vegetation, The Pagoda now seen is believed to be that already referred to, which thirty years ago was supposed to be in danger from the riv...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1855
Extent:
1 Item

29. WD540(52)

Reference (shelfmark):
WD540(52)
Title:
The Eastern Bank above Mugway.. Artist(s): Grant, Colesworthy (1813-1880)
Scope & Content:
‘The Eastern Bank above Mugway.’ REPRESENTS one amongst the many pictorial parts of the Irrawaddy’s bank. Bold, crag-like masses of sandstone, or sandy clay, cut into ravines, or water courses, by the rains, here and there enriched with patches of thick underwood, rise to a great height: and up...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1855
Extent:
1 Item

30. WD540(53)

Reference (shelfmark):
WD540(53)
Title:
The bank near Web-ma-soh, and Mission Steamers.. Artist(s): Grant, Colesworthy (1813-1880)
Scope & Content:
‘The bank near Web-ma-soh, and Mission Steamers.’ THE Eastern shore of the river continues of the same elevated and pictorial character, improved at this spot by a line of white pagodas seen on the summits of the cliffs.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1855
Extent:
1 Item

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