Lot Essay
The hilliness of the landscape depicted is suggestive of the Arakan region in western Burma. The British soldiers and the date of the picture are further indicative of the Arakan, where the first Anglo-Burmese war started.
After seizing the Burmese throne in 1782, King Bodawpaya conquered the kingdom of Arakan pushing the borders of his territory next to British India. The proximity of the two kingdoms caused constant tension and hostilities finally broke out between the British and Bodawpaya's grandson and successor, Bagyidaw in the mid-1820s. The first Anglo-Burmese war ended with a British victory and the cession of the Arakan region to the British
After seizing the Burmese throne in 1782, King Bodawpaya conquered the kingdom of Arakan pushing the borders of his territory next to British India. The proximity of the two kingdoms caused constant tension and hostilities finally broke out between the British and Bodawpaya's grandson and successor, Bagyidaw in the mid-1820s. The first Anglo-Burmese war ended with a British victory and the cession of the Arakan region to the British