The harbour of Port Cornwallis, island of Great Andaman, with the fleet getting under weigh for Rangoon, George Hunt, 1 October 1825

The harbour of port cornwallis, island of great andaman with the fleet getting under way for rangoon. The british museum copy misspells rangoon as rancoon on their copy. Inscription content: lettered below image with production detail:"drawn by i/j moore" [trimmed through), "engraved by g. Hunt" and publication line: "published octr. 1, 1825 by kingsbury & co 6, leadenhall strt. * t. Clay, 18, ludgate hill, london"; the title on separate sheet pasted below. Hms diana (1822), bottom left, was a steam paddle steamer built as a merchant vessel and purchased by the bengal government in 1824. During the first anglo-burmese war she became the first steam-powered warship of the honourable east india company to see action. She was transferred to the burmese government in 1826 and to back to the company for use by singapore in 1837. Hms liffey was a 50-gun fourth rate launched in 1813 and broken up in 1827. Object Type: print. Date: 1 October 1825. Dimensions: without frame : height: 370 mm (14.56 in); width: 495 mm (19.48 in); thickness: 80 mm (3.14 in). Medium: aquatint print with etching and engraving. Collection: Royal Museums Greenwich. The Harbour of Port Cornwallis, Island of Great Andaman with the Fleet getting under Weigh for Rangoon RMG PAG9105