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P965
- Record Id:
- 040-003280132
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003280126
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028181659.0x00292f
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100143105683.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- P965
- Title:
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Ceylan, entre Colombo et Kandy, Mai 1841. [A young family outisde a hut.]. Artist(s): Rudder, L.H. de (1807-1881), after Saltuikov, Aleksei Dmitrievich, Prince (1806-1859)
- Scope & Content:
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Lithograph of a view in Sri Lanka, between Colombo and Kandy, by L.H. de Rudder (1807-1881) after an original drawing by Aleksandr Mikhailovich Saltuikov of May 1841, published in 1848.This image shows a young family standing outside a hut in one of the many villages on the route between Colombo, the modern capital, and Kandy, located in the hills. -GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">Sri Lanka was a Portuguese colony from the late 16th Century until it was overruled by the Dutch; a colony which lasted until the arrival of the British in the late 18th century. -GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">The hill country capital of Kandy -GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">was the last kingdom to succumb to foreign rule, to the British in 1815. T.H.Holdich wrote in the Imperial -GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">Gazetteer of India: "No measured language can express the beauties of Ceylon scenery. From Colombo to Kandy, where a lake set in the hills reflects the visions of palms and temples, and the many-coloured array of...buildings below the long slopes of the shadowing mountains: and from Kandy to Nuwara Elia...there are endless vistas of transcendent beauty."
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003280126
040-003280132 - Is part of:
- P960-995 : RUDDER, L.H. de, after SALTUIKOV, ALEKSANDR MIKHAILOVICH, Prince Known as Prince Saltykoff or Soltykoff, traveller and author.…
P965 : Ceylan, entre Colombo et Kandy, Mai 1841. [A young family outisde a hut.]. Artist(s): Rudder, L.H. de (1807-1881), after Saltuikov,… - Hierarchy:
- 032-003280126[0006]/040-003280132
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: P960-995
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 Item
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100143105683.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Styles:
- European school
French school - Start Date:
- 1848
- End Date:
- 1848
- Date Range:
- 1848
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Medium: lithograph. 35 x 27.5 cm
- Material Type:
- Prints, Drawings and Paintings
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)