A hand-coloured aquatint scene of Burma Rangoon. 'The Principal approach to The Great Dragon Pagoda at Rangoon'.?Drawn by J.Moore. Published Nov 9 1825 by Kingsbury and Co & Thomas Clay, London. Engraved by T.Fielding. 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).