View from Lady Horton's Walk, Kandy (Ceylon). 15 April 1870. Artist(s): Chevalier, Nicholas (1828-1902)
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Pencil drawing of Lady Horton's Walk near Kandy in Sri Lanka by Nicholas Chevalier (1828-1902), dated 15th April 1870. Inscribed on front in pencil: ‘N.’ ‘Chevalier. View’ ‘from Lady Horton's Walk, Kandy, Ceylon. 15.4.70.’ Near Kandy in the hill country of Sri Lanka is the Udawattekele Royal...
View from the Katugastota Bridge over the River Mahaveliganga, with Hantane Peak in the distance (Ceylon). 18 April 1870. Artist(s): Chevalier, Nicholas (1828-1902)
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Pencil drawing of a view from the Katugastota Bridge over the River Mahaveliganga, with Hantane Peak in the distance in Sri Lanka, by Nicholas Chevalier (1828-1902), dated 18th April 1870. Inscribed on front in pencil: ‘View from Kattugastotte bridge Hantane Pk. N. Chevalier. 18.4.70. View f...
Temple of Buddha's Tooth, Kandy (Ceylon). 18 April 1870. Artist(s): Chevalier, Nicholas (1828-1902)
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Pencil drawing of the Temple of the Tooth in Kandy, Sri Lanka, dated 18th April 1870. Inscribed on front in pencil: ‘The Temple of the Tooth. 18.4.70. N. Chevalier.’ The Temple of the Tooth (Dalada Maligawa) is the most venerated shrine on the island as it contains an important Buddhist rel...
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...
