![DANIELL, William (1769-1837) and Captain James KERSHAW. [Views in the Burman Empire. Drawn on the Spot.] London: Smith, Elder, and Co., [1831].](https://gcp-la8-storage-cdn.lot-art.com/public/upl/82/DANIELL-William-1769-1837-and-Captain-James-KERSHAW-Views-in-the-Burman-Empire-Drawn-on-the-Spot-London-Smith-Elder-and-Co-18_1567692853_6888.jpg "DANIELL, William (1769-1837) and Captain James KERSHAW. [Views in the Burman Empire. Drawn on the Spot.] London: Smith, Elder, and Co., [1831].")
DANIELL, William (1769-1837) and Captain James KERSHAW. [Views in the Burman Empire. Drawn on the Spot.] London: Smith, Elder, and Co., [1831].
DANIELL, William (1769-1837) and Captain James KERSHAW. [Views in the Burman Empire. Drawn on the Spot.] London: Smith, Elder, and Co., [1831].
A very rare complete set of views after Kershaw depicting the aftermath of the First Anglo-Burmese War (1824-26). Kershaw was a member of the invading forces who made drawings of the journey between Rangoon and the capital. We trace just one complete copy in the auction records of the last 50 years: a presentation copy from Kershaw to Ms. Page. Abbey does not call for a title-page, but notes that a title appeared on the printed publisher’s wrappers (here reproduced in facsimile). A text volume also appeared separately and is not present here. Abbey Travel 406; not in Tooley.
Oblong folio (approx. 598 x 469mm; 478 x 351mm to platemarks). 10 hand-colored aquatints by Daniell after Kershaw, loosely mounted under mats (uniformly toned within margins; some spotting and light staining).
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DANIELL, William (1769-1837) and Captain James KERSHAW. [Views in the Burman Empire. Drawn on the Spot.] London: Smith, Elder, and Co., [1831].
A very rare complete set of views after Kershaw depicting the aftermath of the First Anglo-Burmese War (1824-26). Kershaw was a member of the invading forces who made drawings of the journey between Rangoon and the capital. We trace just one complete copy in the auction records of the last 50 years: a presentation copy from Kershaw to Ms. Page. Abbey does not call for a title-page, but notes that a title appeared on the printed publisher’s wrappers (here reproduced in facsimile). A text volume also appeared separately and is not present here. Abbey Travel 406; not in Tooley.
Oblong folio (approx. 598 x 469mm; 478 x 351mm to platemarks). 10 hand-colored aquatints by Daniell after Kershaw, loosely mounted under mats (uniformly toned within margins; some spotting and light staining).
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