View of the Mahaveliganga River and Hunasgiria Park (Ceylon). 18 April 1870. Artist(s): Chevalier, Nicholas (1828-1902)
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Pencil drawing of the Mahaveliganga River and Hunnasgiriya Park, near Kandy in Sri Lanka dated 18th April 1870. Inscribed on front in pencil: ‘Hunasgeria Pk. Mahavillaganga Rr. 18.4.70. N. Chevalier.’ Sri Lanka was a Portuguese colony from the late 16th Century until it was overruled by the...
River scene, near Kandy (Ceylon). 19 April 1870. Artist(s): Chevalier, Nicholas (1828-1902)
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Pencil drawing of a river scene, near Kandy in Sri Lanka, by Nicholas Chevalier (1828-1902), dated 19th April 1870. Inscribed on front in pencil: ‘Near Kandy, Ceylon. 19.4.70. N. Chevalier.’ Sri Lanka was a Portuguese colony from the late 16th Century until it was overruled by the Dutch; a c...
The Lake, Kandy (Ceylon). 21 April 1870. Artist(s): Chevalier, Nicholas (1828-1902)
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Pencil drawing of the Lake at Kandy in Sri Lanka by Nicholas Chevalier (1828-1902), dated 21st April 1870. Inscribed on front in pencil: ‘The Lake-Kandy. 21.4.70. N. Chevalier.’ Sri Lanka was a Portuguese colony from the late 16th Century until it was overruled by the Dutch; a colony which l...
N.E. view of a group of temples on the road to the Great Shwe Dagon Pagoda, Rangoon (Burma). Artist(s): Gantz, Justinian (1802-1862)
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N.E. view of a group of temples on the road to the Great Shwe Dagon Pagoda, Rangoon (Burma). 1827. Inscribed on back in ink: ‘Harriet Fullerton, N.E. view of a group of temples on the road to the Great Shoo Dagon Pagoda. Drawn by Just Gantz, 1827’; on mount in ink:’ Rangoon. Gantz. Honble M...
A European house in Madras. Artist(s): Gantz, Justinian (1802-1862)
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Water-colour drawing of a European house in Madras (Chennai) by Justinian Gantz (1802-1862) in 1841. Inscribed on front in ink: ‘Madras, 1841.’ Purchased 16 March 1958. Note: In the same style and from the same source as WD1264 and 1265. Justinian Gantz, eldest son of John Gantz, is describe...
View of Circular Road, Calcutta. Artist(s): Prinsep, Edward Augustus (1828-1900)
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Watercolour of Circular Road in Calcutta by Edward Augustus Prinsep (1828-1900) dated c.1848. Inscribed on front in ink: ‘On the Circular Road, Calcutta.’ Circular Road in Calcutta was one of the improvements implemented by Marquis Wellesley on his appointment as Governor-General in 1798. Part...
View of Mussoorie (U.P.). Artist(s): Prinsep, Edward Augustus (1828-1900)
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Water-colour painting by Edward Augustus Prinsep (1828-1900) of Mussoorie in Uttar Pradesh, c. 1848. Inscribed on front in ink: ‘At Mussoorie.’ Mussorie, in the Himalayan foothills developed following the popularity of Shimla, the nearby hill station and summer capital of British India. A con...
View of the Brahmaputra and Himalaya mountains from Dibrugarh (Assam). Artist(s): Prinsep, Edward Augustus (1828-1900)
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Watercolour by Edward Augustus Prinsep (1828-1900), of the Brahmaputra and Himalaya mountains from Dibrugarh in Assam, dated c.1848. Inscribed on front in ink: ‘The Burhampootra & Tibet mountains from Dibrooghur, Assam.’ This view shows the Himalayas, 'the abode of snow', the highest moun...
