An Asia that is never coming back. Colored lithographs of what is now Myamar taken from “Views in the Burman Empire”, engraved by William Daniell after artwork by British army Captain James Kershaw who was part of the British force during the first Anglo-Burmese War of 1824-1826. Published in London in 1831.

North face of the Great Pagoda, Prome, from Views in the Burman Empire – Drawn on the Spot. 1831. British. One of ten hand-colored aquatints. William Daniell, engraver after James Kershaw. Published in London by Smith, Elder and Company. Image © 2023 Donald A. Heald Rare Books. Fair use license. Aquatint itself in the public domain due to age. via https://www.donaldheald.com/pages/books/36757/captain-james-kershaw-after-engraver-william-daniell/views-in-the-burman-empire-drawn-on-the-spot-wrapper-title

Rangoon from the Anchorage. from Views in the Burman Empire – Drawn on the Spot. 1831. British. One of ten hand-colored aquatints. William Daniell, engraver after James Kershaw. Published in London by Smith, Elder and Company. Image © 2023 Donald A. Heald Rare Books. Fair use license. Aquatint itself in the public domain due to age. via https://www.donaldheald.com/pages/books/36757/captain-james-kershaw-after-engraver-william-daniell/views-in-the-burman-empire-drawn-on-the-spot-wrapper-title

View from Brigadier McCregh’s Pagoda, Rangoon, from Views in the Burman Empire – Drawn on the Spot. 1831. British. One of ten hand-colored aquatints. William Daniell, engraver after James Kershaw. Published in London by Smith, Elder and Company. Image © 2023 Donald A. Heald Rare Books. Fair use license. Aquatint itself in the public domain due to age. via https://www.donaldheald.com/pages/books/36757/captain-james-kershaw-after-engraver-william-daniell/views-in-the-burman-empire-drawn-on-the-spot-wrapper-title

Dagon Pagoda, near Rangoon, taken from the Lines of His Majesty’s. 13th & 38th Regiments, from Views in the Burman Empire – Drawn on the Spot. 1831. British. One of ten hand-colored aquatints. William Daniell, engraver after James Kershaw. Published in London by Smith, Elder and Company. Image © 2023 Donald A. Heald Rare Books. Fair use license. Aquatint itself in the public domain due to age. via https://www.donaldheald.com/pages/books/36757/captain-james-kershaw-after-engraver-william-daniell/views-in-the-burman-empire-drawn-on-the-spot-wrapper-title

Dagon Pagoda, near Rangoon, from Views in the Burman Empire – Drawn on the Spot. 1831. British. One of ten hand-colored aquatints. William Daniell, engraver after James Kershaw. Published in London by Smith, Elder and Company. Image © 2023 Donald A. Heald Rare Books. Fair use license. Aquatint itself in the public domain due to age. via https://www.donaldheald.com/pages/books/36757/captain-james-kershaw-after-engraver-william-daniell/views-in-the-burman-empire-drawn-on-the-spot-wrapper-title

Prome, from the South heights, from Views in the Burman Empire – Drawn on the Spot. 1831. British. One of ten hand-colored aquatints. William Daniell, engraver after James Kershaw. Published in London by Smith, Elder and Company. Image © 2023 Donald A. Heald Rare Books. Fair use license. Aquatint itself in the public domain due to age. via https://www.donaldheald.com/pages/books/36757/captain-james-kershaw-after-engraver-william-daniell/views-in-the-burman-empire-drawn-on-the-spot-wrapper-title

View from the West face of the Great Pagoda, Prome, from Views in the Burman Empire – Drawn on the Spot. 1831. British. One of ten hand-colored aquatints. William Daniell, engraver after James Kershaw. Published in London by Smith, Elder and Company. Image © 2023 Donald A. Heald Rare Books. Fair use license. Aquatint itself in the public domain due to age. via https://www.donaldheald.com/pages/books/36757/captain-james-kershaw-after-engraver-william-daniell/views-in-the-burman-empire-drawn-on-the-spot-wrapper-title

Prome, from the heights occupied by His Majesty’s 13th Light Infantry, from Views in the Burman Empire – Drawn on the Spot. 1831. British. One of ten hand-colored aquatints. William Daniell, engraver after James Kershaw. Published in London by Smith, Elder and Company. Image © 2023 Donald A. Heald Rare Books. Fair use license. Aquatint itself in the public domain due to age. via https://www.donaldheald.com/pages/books/36757/captain-james-kershaw-after-engraver-william-daniell/views-in-the-burman-empire-drawn-on-the-spot-wrapper-title

Melloon from the British Position, from Views in the Burman Empire – Drawn on the Spot. 1831. British. One of ten hand-colored aquatints. William Daniell, engraver after James Kershaw. Published in London by Smith, Elder and Company. Image © 2023 Donald A. Heald Rare Books. Fair use license. Aquatint itself in the public domain due to age. via https://www.donaldheald.com/pages/books/36757/captain-james-kershaw-after-engraver-william-daniell/views-in-the-burman-empire-drawn-on-the-spot-wrapper-title

Pagahm-Mew, from Views in the Burman Empire – Drawn on the Spot. 1831. British. One of ten hand-colored aquatints. William Daniell, engraver after James Kershaw. Published in London by Smith, Elder and Company. Image © 2023 Donald A. Heald Rare Books. Fair use license. Aquatint itself in the public domain due to age. via https://www.donaldheald.com/pages/books/36757/captain-james-kershaw-after-engraver-william-daniell/views-in-the-burman-empire-drawn-on-the-spot-wrapper-title

Images taken from”An account of an embassy to the kingdom of Ava sent by the Governor-General of India, in the year 1795.” Written by Michael Symes, it was published in London in 1800.

Shoemadoo, the great temple at Pegue. Drawn by Singey Bey. T. (Thomas) Medland, engraver (ca.1765-1833). Page 222. Wellcome Collections. In the public domain due to age. via https://wellcomecollection.org/works/m3jvvu5e/items?canvas=222

A Rhahan or Priest. Page 249. Drawn by Singey Bey. T. (Thomas) Medland, engraver (ca.1765-1833).. Wellcome Collections. In the public domain due to age, via https://wellcomecollection.org/works/m3jvvu5e/items?canvas=249

Impression of the Foot of Guadma (Guarma). Page 289. Drawn by Singey Bey. T. (Thomas) Medland, engraver (ca.1765-1833).. Wellcome Collections. In the public domain due to age. via https://wellcomecollection.org/works/m3jvvu5e/items?canvas=289

Image of Boodh at Gaya in Bengal. Page 341. Drawn by Captain Grookat (?). T. (Thomas) Medland, engraver (ca.1765-1833).. Wellcome Collections. In the public domain due to age. via https://wellcomecollection.org/works/m3jvvu5e/items?canvas=341

A Wungyi (Wongee) or Member of the Chief Council and his Wife in their dress of ceremony. Page 353. Drawn by Singey Bey. T. (Thomas) Medland, engraver (ca.1765-1833).. Wellcome Collections. In the public domain due to age. via https://wellcomecollection.org/works/m3jvvu5e/items?canvas=353

An Attawaoon or Minister of the Interior and his Wife (left); A Seredogee or Secretary of State (right) in their dress of ceremony. Page 357. Page 353. Drawn by Singey Bey. T. (Thomas) Medland, engraver (ca.1765-1833).. Wellcome Collections. In the public domain due to age. via https://wellcomecollection.org/works/m3jvvu5e/items?canvas=357

A Woondock and his Wife in their dress of ceremony. Page 361. Drawn by Singey Bey. T. (Thomas) Medland, engraver (ca.1765-1833).. Wellcome Collections. In the public domain due to age. via https://wellcomecollection.org/works/m3jvvu5e/items?canvas=361

A Birman Peasant and his Wife. Page 367. Drawn by Singey Bey. T. (Thomas) Medland, engraver (ca.1765-1833).. Wellcome Collections. In the public domain due to age. via https://wellcomecollection.org/works/m3jvvu5e/items?canvas=367

A Cafsay (?) Horseman. Page 371. Drawn by Singey Bey. T. (Thomas) Medland, engraver (ca.1765-1833).. Wellcome Collections. In the public domain due to age. via https://wellcomecollection.org/works/m3jvvu5e/items?canvas=371

A Method of Catching Wild Elephants in Ava. Page 403. Drawn by Singey Bey. T. (Thomas) Medland, engraver (ca.1765-1833).. Wellcome Collections. In the public domain due to age. via https://wellcomecollection.org/works/m3jvvu5e/items?canvas=403

Image of the Birman Gaudma (Gaurm) in a Temple at Ummerapoora. Page 407. Drawn by Singey Bey. T. (Thomas) Medland, engraver (ca.1765-1833).. Wellcome Collections. In the public domain due to age. via https://wellcomecollection.org/works/m3jvvu5e/items?canvas=407

A Kioum or Monastery. Page 449. Drawn by Singey Bey. T. (Thomas) Medland, engraver (ca.1765-1833).. Wellcome Collections. In the public domain due to age. via https://wellcomecollection.org/works/m3jvvu5e/items?canvas=449.

View of the Imperial Court at Ummerapoora and the Ceremony of Introduction. Page 477. Drawn by Singey Bey. T. (Thomas) Medland, engraver (ca.1765-1833).. Wellcome Collections. In the public domain due to age. via https://wellcomecollection.org/works/m3jvvu5e/items?canvas=477

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Shoepaundogee or Royal Golden Barge. Page 489. Drawn by Singey Bey. T. (Thomas) Medland, engraver (ca.1765-1833).. Wellcome Collections. In the public domain due to age. via https://wellcomecollection.org/works/m3jvvu5e/items?canvas=489

A Birman War Boat. Page 495. Drawn by Singey Bey. T. (Thomas) Medland, engraver (ca.1765-1833).. Wellcome Collections. In the public domain due to age. via https://wellcomecollection.org/works/m3jvvu5e/items?canvas=495

A Man and Woman of the Tribe of Mountaineers called Kayn. Page 515 Drawn by Singey Bey. T. (Thomas) Medland, engraver (ca.1765-1833).. Wellcome Collections. In the public domain due to age. via https://wellcomecollection.org/works/m3jvvu5e/items?canvas=515

Sonneratia Apetala. Page 557. Wellcome Collections. In the public domain due to age. via https://wellcomecollection.org/works/m3jvvu5e/items?canvas=557

The Ava Kingdom was the dominant kingdom that ruled upper Burma from 1364 to 1555. Ava, or Inwa located in Mandalay Region, Myanmar, is an ancient imperial capital of successive Burmese kingdoms from the 14th to 19th centuries. This wonderful volume is also in the collections of the British Library, Cornell University and the New York Public Library. Probably some other places, too. I found it in a Swann Auction Galleries catalog.

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