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032-003281506 Subject Buddhist Temples

1. WD540(58)

Reference (shelfmark):
WD540(58)
Title:
Silleh-myo.. Artist(s): Grant, Colesworthy (1813-1880)
Scope & Content:
‘Silleh-myo.’ ABOUT three hours steaming brought the flotilla to Silleh Myo, a town on the east bank; at some former time, says Colonel Symes ‘an ancient city, which once had been a place of considerable note.’ It was said to be famous for its silk manufacture or trade, but nothing of it was no...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1855
Extent:
1 Item

2. WD540(59)

Reference (shelfmark):
WD540(59)
Title:
Chengoo or Sengoo-Oung.. Artist(s): Grant, Colesworthy (1813-1880)
Scope & Content:
‘Chengoo or Sengoo-Oung.’ AFTER four hours further journeying the traveller reaches Chengoo Oung, also on the east bank, where, on a platform surrounded by a parapet, a strikingly picturesque, rather novel shaped, and ornamented Pagoda (the subject of this sketch) crowns a commanding point of t...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1855
Extent:
1 Item

3. WD540(60)

Reference (shelfmark):
WD540(60)
Title:
Samaik-gon.. Artist(s): Grant, Colesworthy (1813-1880)
Scope & Content:
‘Samaik-gon.’ QUITTING Mengoon, and continuing on the eastern side of the river, the Mission passed the village of Yan-de-boo,-remembered as the locality of the Treaty bearing the name of that village. It appears to remain, as it was when visited by Colonel Symes, — ‘a town remarkable for its m...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1855
Extent:
1 Item

4. WD540(13)

Reference (shelfmark):
WD540(13)
Title:
Mengoon, from the Steamer. Artist(s): Grant, Colesworthy (1813-1880)
Scope & Content:
‘Mengoon, from the Steamer.’ No opportunity having been afforded of obtaining sketches of the large village of Laypadoh, — of the picturesque frontier town of Maloon, or of the village of Menhla, the residence of the Governor of Maloon, the next place of halting was Mengoon (or Myen-goon) — ‘Th...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1855
Extent:
1 Item

5. WD540(6)

Reference (shelfmark):
WD540(6)
Title:
Prome, from the Southern heights. Artist(s): Grant, Colesworthy (1813-1880)
Scope & Content:
‘Prome, from the Southern heights.’ FROM Barrack hill. Prome is situated on the eastern or left bank of the Irrawaddy, and at one of the most pictorial parts of its course. The approach is extremely beautiful. The bank towers into a lofty hill, clad in vegetation of the loveliest mossy hue, dot...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1855
Extent:
1 Item

6. 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

7. WD540(5)

Reference (shelfmark):
WD540(5)
Title:
Myan-Oung, from the Steamer. Artist(s): Grant, Colesworthy (1813-1880)
Scope & Content:
‘Myan-Oung, from the Steamer.’ AT Myan-Oung, which is another day's steam journey from Henzidah, and on the same (the western) side of the river, are cantonments for the Pegue Light-Infantry, a body of men raised and organized by Major Nutall. Burmese towns and villages, which are almost invar...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1855
Extent:
1 Item

8. WD540(7)

Reference (shelfmark):
WD540(7)
Title:
Kama, from the Steamer. Artist(s): Grant, Colesworthy (1813-1880)
Scope & Content:
‘Kama, from the Steamer.’ QUITTING Prome, about four hours steaming brings the voyager to the picturesque town of Kama, situated on the right bank of the river. Here, rising from the centre of the town, is a very fine pagoda, which appears to have more than common claims to attention; but far ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1855
Extent:
1 Item

9. WD540(16)

Reference (shelfmark):
WD540(16)
Title:
Yé-nan-gyoung, from the hills. Artist(s): Grant, Colesworthy (1813-1880)
Scope & Content:
‘Yé-nan-gyoung, from the hills.’ THE town, viewed from the south hills, is here seen nestling in a broad valley, a portion of which forms the entrance of the creek, lying between the sandy, stony, and barren eminences which appear as though they had been up-heaved about it.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1855
Extent:
1 Item

10. WD540(61)

Reference (shelfmark):
WD540(61)
Title:
Model of the Great Temple of Mengoon.. Artist(s): Grant, Colesworthy (1813-1880)
Scope & Content:
‘Model of the Great Temple of Mengoon.’ THIS model stands at a short distance from the monster pile itself. It is built of brick and mortar, and is about fourteen feet in height. Judging by the construction of the doorways, which differ materially in formation and proportion from those in the a...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1855
Extent:
1 Item