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1. WD540(69)

Reference (shelfmark):
WD540(69)
Title:
Burmese Travelling Cart.. Artist(s): Grant, Colesworthy (1813-1880)
Scope & Content:
‘Burmese Travelling Cart.’ THE contrast which the elegantly and laboriously carved bodies of these conveyances form with the massive rusticity of the wheels is strikingly odd, but quite in keeping with the principle which is exhibited in the construction of the lower portions of the beautiful M...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1855
Extent:
1 Item

2. 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

3. 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

4. WD540(54)

Reference (shelfmark):
WD540(54)
Title:
The bank near Kannee.. Artist(s): Grant, Colesworthy (1813-1880)
Scope & Content:
‘The bank near Kannee.’ PROCEEDING on towards Yea-nan-gyoung, the banks gradually assume a more perpendicular and barren aspect.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1855
Extent:
1 Item

5. WD540(57)

Reference (shelfmark):
WD540(57)
Title:
Semphyo-Kyoon. White Elephant Island.. Artist(s): Grant, Colesworthy (1813-1880)
Scope & Content:
‘Semphyo-Kyoon. White Elephant Island.’ AN Island or sand chur on the low western bank, where the Steamer was detained for several hours undergoing repairs. The visit of the Mission, however, appeared to have been anticipated, as the Pooà house, or Theatre, was here, as every where else, prepa...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1855
Extent:
1 Item

6. WD540(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
WD540(4)
Title:
Henzidah - from the Steamer. Artist(s): Grant, Colesworthy (1813-1880)
Scope & Content:
‘Henzidah - from the Steamer.’ THE scenery of the river now becomes as variable as its course is devious. Here, the banks, covered with impenetrable masses of the tall Elephant grass, shut all else from observation; there, low banks and a full river afford views of large plains of uncultivated ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1855
Extent:
1 Item

7. WD540(11)

Reference (shelfmark):
WD540(11)
Title:
The Frontier, from the Steamer. Artist(s): Grant, Colesworthy (1813-1880)
Scope & Content:
‘The Frontier, from the Steamer.’ THE Frontier of the British and Burman territories, which was passed on the forenoon of the eleventh day of the journey, is marked on either shore by two white pillars, which in the drawing, as in reality, are distinguishable as little more than two white specs...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1855
Extent:
1 Item

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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