Lot 83
Moore, Joseph - Burma, Rangoon
Rare Books, Maps, Manuscripts & Photographs
Auction: 16 January 2013 at 10:00 GMT
Description
Fourteen framed and glazed hand-coloured engraved plates taken from: Eighteen Views Taken at or near Rangoon London: Kingsbury & Co. and Thomas Clay, 1825-1826, first edition, prints 49x34cm outwith frames, images are as follows: The position of part of the army previous to attacking the Stockades...; The principal approach to the Great Dragon Pagoda...; The storming of one of the principal Stockages on its inside...; The storming of the lesser Stockade at Kemmendine...; View of the Great Dragon Pagoda and the adjacent scenery...; Scene upon the terrace of the Great Dragon Pagoda...; The Golden Temple of the principal Idol Guadma...; Scene upon the Eastern Road... (very slight marginal foxing); View of the landing at Rangoon of part of the Combined Forces... (some very minor darkening, mostly marginal); Scene from the upper terrace of the Great Pagoda...; The attack of the Stockades at Pagoda Point... (some slight darkening); The conflagration of Dalla on the Rangoon River (some very slight marginal darkening); Scene upon the terrace of the Great Dragon Pagoda...taken from the Great Bell; Inside view of the Gold Temple on the Terrace of the Great Dragon Pagoda... (14)