Baker, Thomas Turner, -1852, The recent operations of the British forces at Rangoon and Martaban , 1852
- Title(s):
- The recent operations of the British forces at Rangoon and Martaban / by the late Rev. Thomas Turner Baker, B.A., chaplain and naval instructor of the H.M.S. "Fox."
- Published/Created:
- London : Published by Thomas Hatchard, 1852.
- Physical Description:
- vii, 78 p., [4] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill. ; 23 cm.
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsDS477.65 B3 1852Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection[Request]
- Copyright Status:
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/3140213
- Classification:
- Books
- Notes:
- Abbey, J.R. Travel in aquatint and lithography, 1770-1860, 407
"Printed by Harrison and Son, London Gazette Office, St. Martin's Lane; and Orchard Street, Westminster."--Title page verso.
Plates 2-4 are signed: Martin & Hood lith., 8 Gt. Newport St., London.
The third and fourth plates are folded panoramic views of the harbor of Rangoon (Yangon), the latter depicting the Dunnoo stockade.
BAC: British Art Center copy is the Abbey copy. Binder's ticket: Bound by J. Dean, 28, Villiers-St., Strand.
The work describes the initial confrontations of the Second Anglo-Burmese War. - Subject Terms:
- Anglo-Burmese War, 2nd, 1852.British -- Burma.Burma -- Description and travel.Burma -- History -- 1824–1948.Dean, J. -- Binder.Harrison and Son -- Printer.Rangoon (Burma) -- History.
- Form/Genre:
- Panoramas.
Lithographs -- 1852.
Chromolithographs -- 1852. - Export:
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- Plates: The Burmese deputation presenting the King of Ava's Letter
- [inscription] pronounced Yathunah-gee-mhon. The Burmese name given to the vessel signifies literally: "Precious, sleek, excellent sailing ship
- Town of Rangoon
- The attack of the Dunnoo stockade.
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