Great Dagon Pagoda...Rangoon - J Moore 1822

Great Dagon Pagoda...Rangoon - J Moore 1822Title: View of the Great Dagon Pagoda and adjacent Scenery taken on the Eastern Road from Rangoon Cartographer Artist: Joseph Moore (Drawn by) Theodore Fielding (Engraved by) Published: London: Kingsbury & Co., 18251826 Technique: Hand colored aquatint engraving Description: This evocative plate is one of the most iconic images from Joseph Moores Eighteen Views Taken at or near Rangoon. It depicts the magnificent Shwedagon Pagoda as it appeared in the

a style meant to mimic the ornate architectural stonework of 16th-century Antwerp

a coastal profile shows Dutch merchant ships in the harbor against a backdrop of the city's red-roofed buildings and the volcanic mountains of Java in the distance

Technique: Woodcut

It depicts the famous Ocean Banner Monastery (Hoi Tong Monastery) located in the Henan (Honan) district of Canton (Guangzhou)

and exotic wildlife that had previously existed only in the European imagination

typical of the late 16th-century Antwerp style

" where American and European ships vied for control of the region's lucrative spice trade

Navigational Detail & Soundings

famously commissioned to build giant globes for King Louis XIV of France

administrators

The "Lanrick" was a famous ship in its day

The scene captures the unique architectural blend of the era: high white-washed walls