View of Trincomallee (Ceylon); a camp in the foreground by Lieut William Castle.. Artist(s): Castle, William (fl.1796)
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(1) View of Trincomallee (Ceylon); a camp in the foreground. Inscribed on front in ink: ‘Trincomallee by the late Mr Castle’; on back in ink: ‘Trincomallee in Ceylon.’ Water-colour; 16.25 by 22 ins. Note: MacKenzie took part in an expedition to Ceylon in 1795 to 1796. He was left at Trincoma...
View of Vallam near Tanjore. Copy of a sketch made in 1784 by Mackenzie. Artist(s): Ignatio, C. (fl. 1816-1819), after Mackenzie, Colin (1754-1821)
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(2) View of Vallam near Tanjore. November 1784. Inscribed on front in ink: ‘Vellum near Tanjore, 1784, by C. McK. Carnatic. Copy at Madras (?) by Ignatio, 1817.’ Water-colour; 9.5 by 11.75 ins. WD795 is the original Mackenzie sketch from which this copy was made.
(4) Jain temple near Negapatam. Inscribed on front in ink: ‘Sketch of an Ancient Structure near Negapatam commonly called the Chinese Pagoda but supposed to be the remains of a Jaina Temple.’ Water-colour; 11.5 by 19 ins.
The temple at Chingrakonda, near Ongole.. Artist(s): Sydenham, Benjamin (1777-1828)
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(8) The temple at Chingrakonda, near Ongole. 1788. Inscribed on front in ink: ‘View of the Pagoda at Chingraconda 5 coss south of Ongole in Nellore Circar. The Pillar made of copper’; in pencil: ‘Singraconda in N. Nellore Dist.’ Wash. 20.75 by 14.25 ins.
General view of Fort Defiance (i.e. the so-called Tamkam), near Madura.. Artist(s): MacKenzie, Colin (1754-1821)
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(9) General view of Fort Defiance, near Madura. Inscribed on front in ink: ‘Fort Defiance and the Landscape near it, near Madura, in 1784. Originally sketched by C McK.’ Water-colour; 12 by 18.5 ins. Note: This is the famous Tumkum, the country house erected by Tirumala Nayak, subsequently c...
