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Lieutenant Joseph Moore

This page represents most of our collection of original Antique prints of Burma. Please click on an image to see it in high-resolution, with details of the work itself.  For enquiries and purchases, please do contact us. 

Pagoda at Pagan (Bagan), dome of the great Pagoda at Old Pagan, the Bodji Pagoda, the “Thapenyu” (Omniscient) at Old Pagan, the Ananda Pagoda and the Gandapalen Pagoda.

Amarapura: View of the palace and King Mindon’s rare white elephant.

Kemmindine near Rangoon: The British Army storming the lesser stockade. First Anglo-Burmese War.

Bagan: South Eastern view of Dhammayangyi Temple.

Ava: Method of catching Wild Elephants. Drawn by Singey Bey, the Bengali artist who accompanied Symes

Pagan: View of a part of Sembyokoo Temple.

Ummerapoora (Amarapura): View of the Imperial court at the new capital of King Bodawpaya.

Lady and gentleman of the Kayn tribe in traditional dress.

Shwedagon Paya, Rangoon (Yangon): View from the upper terrace towards the South East with British soldiers felling trees in the foreground.

Royal Golden Barge or Shoepaundogee. Drawn by Singey Bey, the Bengali artist who accompanied Symes.

Dalla on the Rangoon (Yangon River): Burning plain of Dalla with the British Fleet in the harbour including HMS Diana, the first steam-powered warship of the East India Company newly armed with Congreve rockets

Rangoon (Yangon): Shewdagon Paya. Looking North from the terrace with the artist sketching in the foreground.

Kioum: An example of a Burmese Buddhist temple and monastery.

Pagan: View of Shewgugyi temple.

Cassay (Manipuri) Horseman drawn by Singey Bey, the Bengali artist who accompanied Symes.

Bago: View of the temple Shwemawdaw (Golden Shrine) said to contain two hairs of Guatma Buddha.

Amrapura: Dragon Temple with cavalry and infantry.

Rangoon (Yangon): Shwedagon Pagoda, eastern face of the Gold Temple of Guadma.

The Lord White Elephant of King Tharrawaddy Min at Amarapura.

Rangoon (Yangon): Shwedagon Paya and Bell. Showing a substitute for the world’s heaviest bell, cast in 1484 and sunk in the Yangon during its theft by Portuguese mercenaries in 1608.

Atumashi Monastery and Mahalawka Marazein (Kuthdaw Stupa): View from Mandalay hill before the fire of 1890.

The British Army in formation with the earliest depiction of a Congreve Rocket, developed By Sir William Congreve in 1804. First Anglo Burmese War.

Waiting for the steamer on the banks of the Irrawaddy. After James Raeburn Middleton.

Burmese War Boat: Large villages were required to provide at least one war-boat with rowers to be ready for deployment on behalf of the crown.

Pagan: North Eastern view of Gawdawpalin Temple.

Rangoon (Yangon): Landing of the combined forces of British Infantry, Bombay Marine and the East India Company’s private armies from Bengal and Madras. First Anglo-Burmese War.

Rangoon (Yangon): First Anglo Burmese War. British Army attacking the stockades with a company observer beneath an umbrella. First Anglo Burmese War.

Portraits of the notables of Amarapura.

Rangoon (Yangon): Pagoda Point. General Campbell and the Bombay Marines attacking the stockades in July. First Anglo Burmese War.

Yenangyoung on the Irrawaddy (Ayearwady): View of the Oil wells.

Rangoon (Yangon): The British Army battling to gain the principle stockade. First Anglo Burmese War.

View of the Myitinge river from Myaliet (Pyagoon) Mountain.

Rangoon (Yangon): Shwedagon Pagoda, eastern face of the Gold Temple of Guadma.

Rangoon (Yangon): Looking South from the Eastern Road towards the Rangoon River.

Feet washing at an entrance to a monastery. After James Raeburn Middleton.

Nyaung-U: View of Shwe-zayan (Shwezigon) Paya.

Member of the chief council and his wife in ceremonial dress.

Rangoon: Great Dagon Pagoda as seen from the principal approach with the Bombay Marine in marching formation. First Anglo Burmese War.

Amarapura: View of the Royal Monastary, later moved to Mandalay and called Shwenandaw.