{"product_id":"view-of-the-great-dagon-pagoda-and-adjacent-scenery-taken-on-the-eastern-road-from-rangoon-j-moore-1822","title":"Great Dagon Pagoda...Rangoon - J Moore 1822","description":"\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"3\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"3\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eTitle:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"3\" data-index-in-node=\"7\"\u003eView of the Great Dagon Pagoda and adjacent Scenery taken on the Eastern Road from Rangoon\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"3\" data-index-in-node=\"98\"\u003eCartographer\/Artist:\u003c\/b\u003e Joseph Moore (Drawn by) \/ Theodore Fielding (Engraved by) \u003cb data-path-to-node=\"3\" data-index-in-node=\"177\"\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e London: Kingsbury \u0026amp; Co., 1825–1826 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"3\" data-index-in-node=\"223\"\u003eTechnique:\u003c\/b\u003e Hand-colored aquatint engraving\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"4\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"4\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eDescription:\u003c\/b\u003e This evocative plate is one of the most iconic images from Joseph Moore’s \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"4\" data-index-in-node=\"87\"\u003eEighteen Views Taken at or near Rangoon\u003c\/i\u003e. It depicts the magnificent \u003cb data-path-to-node=\"4\" data-index-in-node=\"155\"\u003eShwedagon Pagoda\u003c\/b\u003e as it appeared in the early 1820s. The perspective is from the \"Eastern Road,\" showing a lone British officer in the foreground looking toward the towering golden stupas, surrounded by lush tropical foliage and traditional Burmese structures.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"5\"\u003eMoore was a Lieutenant in the 89th Regiment, and his sketches provide a rare, first-hand visual record of the Burmese landscape and architecture during the British military campaign. The use of \u003cb data-path-to-node=\"5\" data-index-in-node=\"194\"\u003eaquatint\u003c\/b\u003e—a difficult and refined engraving process—gives the image a beautiful, painterly quality with soft tonal variations, particularly in the sky and the dense bamboo groves.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul data-path-to-node=\"6\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"6,0,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"6,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eAuthenticity:\u003c\/b\u003e Original early 19th-century hand-colored aquatint.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"6,1,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"6,1,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eHistorical Context:\u003c\/b\u003e Published as part of a subscription series to commemorate the events of the First Anglo-Burmese War (1824–1826).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"6,2,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"6,2,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eDetails:\u003c\/b\u003e Plate number 16 from the series.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Treasures of the Orient","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43737652363329,"sku":null,"price":700.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0572\/7125\/5105\/files\/F5367FAC-5ADE-4034-8A2D-058C877B951A.jpg?v=1775289120","url":"https:\/\/treasuresoftheorient.com\/products\/view-of-the-great-dagon-pagoda-and-adjacent-scenery-taken-on-the-eastern-road-from-rangoon-j-moore-1822","provider":"Treasures of the Orient","version":"1.0","type":"link"}