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P966
- Record Id:
- 040-003280133
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003280126
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028181659.0x002930
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100143105689.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- P966
- Title:
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Village de Catiganawa, à neuf milles de Kandy à Ceylan, habités par les Rodias: exilés du temps des Rois de Kandy. Mai 1841.. Artist(s): Rudder, L.H. de (1807-1881), after Saltuikov, Aleksei Dmitrievich, Prince (1806-1859)
- Scope & Content:
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Lithograph of a village nine miles from Kandy in Sri Lanka inhabited by the Rodi tribe by L.H. de Rudder (1807-1881) after an original drawing of May 1841. Prince Aleksandr Mikhailovich Saltuikov and published in Paris in 1848. The Rodi, who are famed for the beauty of their women, were at one time outcasts from society or 'Untouchables' and their history is a mysterious one. They are either the descendants of Princess Ratnavalli or of a tribe of hunters from another location and earned their living by soliciting for alms or by weaving ropes used in the capture of elephants.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003280126
040-003280133 - Is part of:
- P960-995 : RUDDER, L.H. de, after SALTUIKOV, ALEKSANDR MIKHAILOVICH, Prince Known as Prince Saltykoff or Soltykoff, traveller and author.…
P966 : Village de Catiganawa, à neuf milles de Kandy à Ceylan, habités par les Rodias: exilés du temps des Rois de Kandy. Mai 1841..… - Hierarchy:
- 032-003280126[0007]/040-003280133
- 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_100143105689.0x000001 (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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- User Conditions:
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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)