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C1825
The Storming of the Lesser Stockade at Kemmendine near Rangoon on the 10th of June 1824.
Artist:
Rare aquatint by the British troops at Kemmendine (Kyimyindaing Township), near Rangoon, 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 … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
The Storming of the Lesser Stockade at Kemmendine near Rangoon on the 10th of June 1824.
Date:
C1825
Artist:
Condition:
Repaired horizontal tear at left hand side sheet edge not affecting image otherwise in good condition.
Technique:
Hand coloured aquatint
Image Size:
372mm
x 260mm
Paper Size:
460mm
x 335mm
Platemark Size:
425mm
x 330mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1825
Description:
Rare aquatint by the British troops at Kemmendine (Kyimyindaing Township), near Rangoon, 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, 404.10, Tooley 334
From Moore’s, Rangoon Views and combined operations in the Birman Empire, London 1825.
Collections:
British Museum:Â Registration number 1872,0608.215
Joseph Moore (1825 - )
Lieutenant in the 89th Regiment. Frederick Marryat's involvement in the conflict began in March 1823 when he "commissioned the Larne for service in the East Indies, where he arrived in time to take an active part in the first Burmese war. From May to September 1824 he was senior naval officer at Rangoon, and was officially thanked for his able, gallant, and zealous co-operation with the troops. The very sickly state of the ship obliged him to go to Penang, but by the end of December he was back at Rangoon, and in February 1825 he had the naval command of an expedition up the Bassein River, which occupied Bassein and seized the Burmese magazines.
