Art, Symbol & Imagination
Rangoon: The Golden Pagoda
A tall golden spire glows between dark palm leaves beneath a warm evening sky. Small figures pass through the low entrance below. The plate accompanies Rangoon’s voice in The Song of the Cities, placing the city’s sacred architecture within Kipling’s imperial geography.
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W. Heath Robinson. "Rangoon: The Golden Pagoda" [editorial title]. In A Song of the English, Rudyard Kipling; illustrated by W. Heath Robinson. New York: Doubleday, Page & Company; undated title, copyright leaf dated 1909; illustrated by W. Heath Robinson., undated edition, Doubleday, Page & Company. Source scan leaf 155. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0410-0148
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W. Heath Robinson. Rangoon: The Golden Pagoda. A Song of the English. Scan leaf 155. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0410-0148