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21. WD540(85)

Reference (shelfmark):
WD540(85)
Title:
'The Lord White Elephant' Regalia.. Artist(s): Grant, Colesworthy (1813-1880)
Scope & Content:
‘'The Lord White Elephant' Regalia.’ FIG 1, — A plate of gold, probably eighteen inches in length, bordered with innumerable Rubies, and having, in the centre, the name or title of the Royal beast. Worn across the forehead. FIG 2. — The jewelled Frontlet, worn above the trunk, and below the ey...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1855
Extent:
1 Item

22. 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

23. WD540(17)

Reference (shelfmark):
WD540(17)
Title:
Precipitous banks at Yé-nan-gyoung. Artist(s): Grant, Colesworthy (1813-1880)
Scope & Content:
‘Precipitous banks at Yé-nan-gyoung.’ THIS spot, the precipitous and rugged banks of which look over the river towards the Arracan Hills, was, for its singular features — its riven cliffs of sandstone and clay, selected for delineation as characteristic of the sea-coast like boldness of the ban...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1855
Extent:
1 Item

24. WD540(18)

Reference (shelfmark):
WD540(18)
Title:
The Oil Wells, Yé-nan-gyoung. Artist(s): Grant, Colesworthy (1813-1880)
Scope & Content:
‘The Oil Wells, Yé-nan-gyoung.’ THESE interesting objects are situated at about two miles and-a-half from the town. The road which led to them was marked by nature’s wildest and strangest aspect. High hills, split as it were by some mighty convulsion of nature, resembling a stony avalanche — or...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1855
Extent:
1 Item

25. 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

26. 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

27. WD540(68)

Reference (shelfmark):
WD540(68)
Title:
Oil Spring at Memboo.. Artist(s): Grant, Colesworthy (1813-1880)
Scope & Content:
WITHIN about half a mile of the Mud volcanoes this petrolium spring was found. It’s surface was level with the earth, and would hardly have attracted attention but for the bubbling in the centre, and the various colours of its oily coating. (‘See Mr. Oldham’s Report, page 53’.) ‘Oil Spring at M...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1855
Extent:
1 Item

28. WD540(84)

Reference (shelfmark):
WD540(84)
Title:
'The Lord White Elephant'.. Artist(s): Grant, Colesworthy (1813-1880)
Scope & Content:
‘'The Lord White Elephant'.’ THIS noble looking animal has lately died, and there is none, it is believed, to fill his place. He had occupied his late royal position for upwards of fifty years, and was said at the time of the Mission (September-October 1855) to be about 60 years old. Viewed in ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1855
Extent:
1 Item

29. WD540(88)

Reference (shelfmark):
WD540(88)
Title:
Moung Mhon. The Woondouk.. Artist(s): Grant, Colesworthy (1813-1880)
Scope & Content:
‘Moung Mhon. The Woondouk.’ ‘The Woondouk’. He was the second person in rank of the Ambassadors who visited Calcutta on a Mission to the Governor General in 1854; and was the Officer who met and accompanied the English Embassy to Umeerapoora, and therefore figures so frequently in the Secretar...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1855
Extent:
1 Item

30. WD540(73)

Reference (shelfmark):
WD540(73)
Title:
Moung-ghee - The son of Bundoola. Rangoon.. Artist(s): Grant, Colesworthy (1813-1880)
Scope & Content:
‘Moung-ghee - The son of Bundoola. Rangoon.’ THE son of the celebrated Burman Generalissimo, BUNDOOLA, who was killed at Donabew. Under the prestige of his father’s name, and not from any display of military talent or disposition in himself, Moung-ghee was appointed General of the Burmese army...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1855
Extent:
1 Item