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WD540(11)
- Record Id:
- 040-003281528
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003281506
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028181659.0x002ea3
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100162040454.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- WD540(11)
- Title:
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The Frontier, from the Steamer. Artist(s): Grant, Colesworthy (1813-1880)
- Scope & Content:
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‘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. ‘It was laid out in 1853-54, with great ability and labour by Major Grant Allan, of the Madras Quarter Master General’s Department, from the summit of the Arracan Yomadoung (or spinal range) to the first ridge of mountains eastward of the Sittang.’ (‘Captain Yule’s Report page 228’.)
The shore on either side, but more particularly on the west, is hilly and luxuriantly woody, and rich in all the varied and ever changing tints which sun, clouds, elevation and distance confer on large masses of vegetation.
In order to obtain this sketch the steamer was for a few minutes checked in mid-stream.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003281506
040-003281528 - Is part of:
- WD3-10, WD1602, WD4424 : GRANT, COLESWORTHY (1813-1880) Colesworthy Grant went to India in 1832 and lived with his elder brother, George, a…
WD540(11) : The Frontier, from the Steamer. Artist(s): Grant, Colesworthy (1813-1880) - Hierarchy:
- 032-003281506[0028]/040-003281528
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: WD3-10, WD1602, WD4424
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 Item
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100162040454.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Styles:
- British school
European school - Start Date:
- 1855
- End Date:
- 1855
- Date Range:
- 1855
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Medium: pen-and-ink; watercolour
- Material Type:
- Prints, Drawings and Paintings
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)