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Scarce chromolithographed view of Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon, by German artist Eduard Hildebrandt (1818-68).

This is one image from a suite of approximately 20 lovely chromolithographed plates of scenes apparently made while on a circumnavigation, each mounted to the publisher's board.

Hildebrandt was already a finely regarded artist by 1838. He moved to Paris in 1842 to continue his work.  Inspired by Humboldt, in 1864-1865, Hildebrandt traveled around the world, visiting the Middle East, India, Singapore, Siam, Macao, Hong Kong, the Philippines, Japan and the United States. He created watercolors along the way, many of which were translated into chromolithographs and published around 1864 by R. Wagner in Berlin.

The original watercolors were exhibited in London in 1866 and at an exhibition at Crystal Palace in 1868. creating a series of paintings that would be converted to chromolithography after his death in 1868.

Eduard Hildebrandt Biography

Hildebrandt was already a finely regarding artist by 1838. He moved to Paris in 1842 to continue his work. 

Inspired by Humboldt, in 1864-1865, Hildebrandt travelled around the world, visiting the Middle East, India, Singapore, Siam, Macao, Hong Kong, the Philippines, Japan and the United States. He created watercolors along the way, many of which were translated into chromolithographs and published around 1864 by R. Wagner in Berlin.

The original watercolors were exhibited in London in 1866 and at an exhibition at Crystal Palace in 1868. creating a series of paintings which would be converted to chromolithography after his death in 1868.