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41. WD6

Reference (shelfmark):
WD6
Title:
Lieutenant Biradhojh Chatri. Portrait, three-quarter length, both hands resting on the hilt of a sword. Artist(s): Grant, Colesworthy (1813-1880)
Scope & Content:
Lieutenant Biradhojh Chatri. Portrait, three-quarter length, both hands resting on the hilt of a sword. 1850. Inscribed on front in ink in ‘nagari’ characters: ‘Sri Biradhojh, Umar 38’; in English: ‘Lieut. Beradhojh Chutree. Rifle Corps. Age 38, Nepal (Katmandoo or Kantipore).’ Pencil and ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1850
Extent:
1 Item

42. WD540(48)

Reference (shelfmark):
WD540(48)
Title:
Further part of The British Residency Toung-um-mah. Artist(s): Grant, Colesworthy (1813-1880)
Scope & Content:
‘Further part of The British Residency Toung-um-mah.’ REPRESENTS that portion of the Residency grounds from whence the first sketch was taken, and includes the principal entrance or gateway; on either side of which was a Bungalow; that on the right being the quarters of Major Grant Allan, and o...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1855
Extent:
1 Item

43. WD540(63)

Reference (shelfmark):
WD540(63)
Title:
Ruins of the Colossal Lions at Mengoon.. Artist(s): Grant, Colesworthy (1813-1880)
Scope & Content:
‘Ruins of the Colossal Lions at Mengoon.’ TURNING round from the enormous temple, and looking towards the river bank, two other gigantic, and at first unintelligible piles of brick and mortar work, surprise the eye. These are the remains of the Colossal Lions, intended to have formed the custom...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1855
Extent:
1 Item

44. WD540(65)

Reference (shelfmark):
WD540(65)
Title:
The Elephant Pen, and Wild Elephant taming.. Artist(s): Grant, Colesworthy (1813-1880)
Scope & Content:
‘The Elephant Pen, and Wild Elephant taming.’ THIS exhibition, which was got up for the entertainment of the Mission, did not appear to be necessarily the process by which the noble and sagacious Elephant is tamed to man’s use in Burmah; as another, simpler, and either more humane or more skilf...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1855
Extent:
1 Item

45. WD540(8)

Reference (shelfmark):
WD540(8)
Title:
Thayet-myo, from the Steamer, looking south. Artist(s): Grant, Colesworthy (1813-1880)
Scope & Content:
‘Thayet-myo, from the Steamer, looking south.’ THIS place is the ‘Sirraip-mew’ of Colonel Symes, and ‘Head Quarters of the British Frontier Brigade’ (‘Captain Yule’s Report, page 228’). It is five miles below the Frontier Magazine, and Ordnance Depot and station of Meaday, and about eleven from...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1855
Extent:
1 Item

46. 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

47. WD540(37)

Reference (shelfmark):
WD540(37)
Title:
Panoramic view of Umeerapoora. Looking E.. Artist(s): Grant, Colesworthy (1813-1880)
Scope & Content:
‘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...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1855
Extent:
1 Item

48. WD540(42)

Reference (shelfmark):
WD540(42)
Title:
Street, and Eastern gate of Umeerapoora.. Artist(s): Grant, Colesworthy (1813-1880)
Scope & Content:
‘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...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1855
Extent:
1 Item

49. 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

50. 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