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Scrapbook (ff.1-52) of drawings in pencil, pen and ink or water-colour depicting the daily life of the Clarence family c.1873-90, along with photographs, letters and newspaper cuttings. Almost all are by Clarence, a few by his first wife Blanche, and the album was compiled largely from drawings and illustrated letters sent by Clarence to his mother in England until her death in 1875. Most are inscribed and signed by him with the motif of a bird perched on a bell.

Album 35.5 by 25 cm.

Presented by the artist’s grandson, Sir James Richard, 1989.

f.1 Figure studies including a court room witness and one dated ‘Jany. 1874’.

Pen and ink, one with wash.

f.2a The Clarence family on the beach.

f.2b Children fishing with their ayah. ‘Drawn by my Dear wife Blanche. March 23/73’.

Pen and ink.

f.3v ‘North Cove 2.1.90. Bridge on North Cove Tea Estate Bogawantalawa’.

Pen and ink.

f.4 Beach scene, possibly Mount Lavinia.

Water-colour.

f.5a Boarding a steam ship.

Pen and wash.

f.5b Two men in the dock. ‘Coffee stealers’.

Pen and ink with pencil.

f.6 Factory by a river and figure studies.

Pen and wash.

f.6v ‘A verandah in Colombo June 1875’.

Pen and wash.

f.7 ‘Kadienlena Bazaar. Navalapitiya Side 1874’.

Pen and wash.

f.8a Sleeping baby. ‘BC. Oct 1873’.

f.8b. Clarence boys running a race.

Pen and wash.

f.9a Clarence and sons on the river.

f.9b Courtroom scene.

f.9c ‘Convict pulling judge’s punkah. Jany. 1874’.

f.9d Clarence boys dressing up.

Pen and ink.

f.10 ‘On the Hambuntola Oya, Bogawantalawa between ‘Lynford’ & ‘North Cove’. Easter 1889’.

Pen and ink.

f.10v ‘Tea Factory North Cove Estate Bogawantalawa North Cove. 3.1.89’.

Pen and ink.

f.11a,b Clarence with his sons.

f.11c ‘My Boat house. Jany. 1875’.

Pen and ink.

f.12a The garden from the verandah. ‘27 July 1873’.

f.12b Studies of local boats.

Pen and ink.

f.13a ‘‘Shafts’ - a very good way of helping a Lady up a steep place’.

Pen and ink.

f.13b ‘‘Tambies’. Lady wanting fine muslin, cambric, flannel: sell very cheap’.

Pen and wash heightened with white.

f.13va Mongoose & cobra.

f.13b ‘Pilgrims ascending Adam’s Peak. Feb. 19 1875’.

Pen and ink.

f.14a Family scenes.

f.14b Head study. ‘Deputy Fiscal. Jany. 1874’.

f.14c ‘Columbo Coolies’.

Pen and ink.

f.15a Mrs. Clarence in the store room.

Pen and wash.

f.15b ‘Road coolies with their rammers’.

f.15c ‘Tamil Cooly women’.

Pen and wash.

f.16 Mrs. Clarence seated on the verandah holding her baby.

Pen and wash.

f.17 Cricket scenes.

Pen and wash.

f.18 Tea estate. ‘Baharandarah. April 1874’.

Pen and wash.

f.18v ‘Sea Shore at Negombo, looking North. 16.6.85’.

Pen and ink.

f.19 Family scenes.

Pen and wash.

f.20a Punkah wallah

Pen and wash.

f.20b Children dressing up.

f.20c ‘A Tamil Juryman - Tamby i.e. Moorman’.

Pen and ink.

f.21 Family scenes.

Pen and wash.

f.22 ‘The Bath-room at Veangodde’.

Pen and ink.

f.23a Child and ayah. ‘Drawn by Dear Lizzie’.

Water-colour.

f.23b Clarence playing with his sons.

Pen and wash.

f.24 Bungalow and garden. ‘13 Nov. 1873’.

Pen and wash.

f.25 ‘Tamil fishing village, Negombo. April 1874’.

Pen and wash.

f.26 Tea estate. ‘Baharundarah Store’.

Pen and wash heightened with white.

f.27 Tea auction.

Pen and ink and water-colour.

f.28 Figure studies including court officials. ‘Jany. 1874’.

Pen and ink.

f.29 Domestic scenes.

Pen and wash.

f.30 Mountain view. ‘March 1874’.

Pen and wash.

f.31 Miscellaneous drawings. ‘Chilaw. Aug. 1873’.

Pen and ink.

f.32a ‘On a wet afternoon in Baharundarah Store. 4 May 1874’.

f.32b Family on the verandah.

Pen and ink.

f.33a Roadside scene.

f.33b Family on a local river boat. ‘Going to Chilaw. Sept: 1875’.

Pen and ink.

f.34v ‘Between Rada-Ella and Newara Eliya, crossing the Oya on Slab rock. 1874’.

Pen and ink.

f.35a Figure studies.

f.35b Ayah holding baby.

f.35c Palm tree.

Pen and ink.

f.36 Servants.

Pen and wash.

f.36v Clarence with his children playing in the forest.

Pen and ink.

f.37 Mr. and Mrs. Clarence on the road.

Pen and ink.

f.38a ‘Colpetty. July 1874’.

f.38b ‘Arrival of the Piano. 14 Sep 1875’.

f.38c Woman carrying a carpet on her head away from an auction.

Pen and ink.

f.39a ‘By the Tamil Fishing village of Negombo. Logs of wood - a Catamaran - Canoes. 1874’.

f.39b Duck shooting.

Pen and ink.

f.40a Clarence on horseback.

f.40b Standing figure. ‘Johannes Pereira’.

Pen and ink.

f.41a,b Feeding the hens and ducks.

Pen and ink.

f.42a ‘Old Fort Gate & Coal Sheds Galle. Aug. 1874’.

f.42b River scene with country boats.

Pen and ink.

f.43 ‘The Bridge at Jayelle. From the Rest House. Nov. 1873’.

Pen and wash.

f.44 ‘Colombo Rowing Club Regatta’.

Pen and ink.

f.45a ‘Quoits on the Barbecue’.

Pen and wash.

f.45b ‘Coolies washing 25.1.75’.

Pen and wash.

f.46 Clarence on the verandah regards a snake being held by a servant. ‘May 10 1875. My neighbour sent in a fine tic-polonga which came into his fowlhouse out of an intervening compound in which jungle had been let grow’.

Pen and ink.

f.47 ‘Bungalow on Lynford Estate. Boyawantalawa’.

Pen and ink.

f.47v ‘In the oya at the bottom of Campion. Boyawantalawa. 11.4.88’.

Pen and ink.

f.48 The children playing on the verandah with their ayahs. ‘Bring my Dotter. Emma. July 1875’.

Pen and wash.

f.49 Tea estate. ‘Logie. April 1875’.

Pen and wash heightened with white.

f.49v ‘On the Ramparts. Jaffna. August 1876’.

Pen and ink.

f.50 Mr. and Mrs. Clarence on the banks of a river.

Pen and ink.

f.50v ‘Wire Bridge between Lynford and Campion’.

Pen and wash.

f.51 Clarence boys outside the servants quarters.

Pen and wash.

f.52a ‘Outskirts of Kandy. Nov. 1875’.

Pen and wash.

f.52b ‘Father buying Nellore Cows’.

Pen and ink.

f.52v Portrait of a young woman in a large hat.

Pen and ink.