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C1825
Scene from the Upper Terrace of the Great Pagoda at Rangoon, to the South East.
Artist:
Ltn Joseph Moore
Rare aquatint of Shwe Dagon Pagoda, Yangon, the most sacred Budhist Pagoda in Mymar (.Burma). From the important portant visual record of the Burmese countryside and scenery, and of the war between the Burmese and British in 1824 to 1826 by Ltn Joseph … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Scene from the Upper Terrace of the Great Pagoda at Rangoon, to the South East.
Date:
C1825
Artist:
Ltn Joseph Moore
Condition:
Small repair at top edge of image at centre, one worm hole within title above “Rangoon’, repaired tear at top right plate mark. Most will matt over. Otherwise in good condition.
Technique:
Hand coloured aquatint
Image Size:
372mm
x 260mm
Paper Size:
508mm
x 360mm
Platemark Size:
430mm
x 330mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1825
Description:
Rare aquatint of Shwe Dagon Pagoda, Yangon, the most sacred Budhist Pagoda in Mymar (.Burma). From the important portant visual record of the Burmese countryside and scenery, and of the war between the Burmese and British in 1824 to 1826 by Ltn Joseph Moore.
Following Burmese incursions into British held territory in 1821-1823 (including the successful invasion of Assam), the Governor-General, Lord Amherst, declared war on Burma on February 24, 1824. The British were successful in expelling the Burmese from Assam, but Bandula, the ablest of the Burmese generals, repelled a British detachment at Ramu on the Chittagong frontier. In reply, the British sent an expedition of 11,000 men under Major-General Archibald Campbell and ships under Captain Frederick Marryat to attack Rangoon by sea. The expedition resulted in the capture of Rangoon on May 11, 1824, with the Burmese forces fleeing into jungles of Pegu.
References:
Abbey Travel II, 404.09, Tooley 334
From Moore’s, Rangoon Views and combined operations in the Birman Empire, London 1825.
Collections:
British Museum: Registration number 1872,0608.205
