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032-003281506 Subject Palaces

1. WD540(44)

Reference (shelfmark):
WD540(44)
Title:
The Throne and audience Chamber, Palace.. Artist(s): Grant, Colesworthy (1813-1880)
Scope & Content:
‘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,...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1855
Extent:
1 Item

2. 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

3. WD540(45)

Reference (shelfmark):
WD540(45)
Title:
The White Elephant Palace, within Royal Palace grounds.. Artist(s): Grant, Colesworthy (1813-1880)
Scope & Content:
‘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...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1855
Extent:
1 Item

4. WD540(43)

Reference (shelfmark):
WD540(43)
Title:
The Kings Palace, Exterior View, from within the Royal grounds.. Artist(s): Grant, Colesworthy (1813-1880)
Scope & Content:
‘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...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1855
Extent:
1 Item