A hand-coloured aquatint scene of Burma Rangoon. 'Scene upon the terrace of the Great Dragon Pagoda at Rangoon looking towards the North'?Drawn by J.Moore. Published Oct 1 1825 by Kingsbury and Co & Thomas Clay, London. Engraved by G.Hunt. in Teak frame glazed - 65cm x 55cm?
Moore served as a lieutenant in the 89th Regiment during the First Anglo - Burmese War (1824-1826) and provided the first ever pictorial of Burma by a British artist seen by the wider British Public.?
From the collection of British entrepreneur Felix Dennis (1947-2014).