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WD3773
- Record Id:
- 040-003280424
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003280405
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028181659.0x002a53
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- WD3773
- Title:
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Sketch book of 33 views, mainly Mauritius and Ceylon, with captions on reverse. Artist(s): Ainslie, Henry Francis (c.1805-1879)
- Scope & Content:
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ff.1,1v,2 Mountain range, Mauritius. ‘View of the range of mountains immediately behind Port Louis Isle of France from the Powder Mills taken November 1824’.
f.3 Trincomalee, Ceylon. ‘View of the point leading into Inner harbour. Trinkamaly from the commandants house. January 1825’.
f.4 Frigate in distress.
f.5 ‘View of the Naval Commissioner’s house, the Esplanade etc at Trinkamaly from the Commandant’s quarters. January 1825’.
f.6 ‘View of the Governor’s bungalow from the Commandant’s quarters. January 1825’.
f.7 ‘View of Crow island, Fort Frederick, the Commodore’s house from Inner harbour Trinkamaly. January 1825’.
f.8 ‘Point de Galle from the sea. January 1825’.
f.9 ‘Part of Colombo from the Galle face. January 1825’.
f.10 ‘The Burial Ground and another part of the Fort from the Galle Face. January 1823’.
f.11 ‘View of the Batchele or Yam rock from the Bungalow at the Kaduganawe Pass. January 1825’.
f.12 ‘View of the Castle and part of the Causeway from a garden in Malabar Street. March 1825’.
f.14 Unfinished pencil drawing.
f.15 Mauritius. ‘View of Port Louis Isle of France taken from on board the ship Timandra. November 1824 the Government House and Custom House Quay’.
f.16 ‘View of Malabar town a suburb of Port Louis Isle of France taken from on board the ship Timandra. November 1824 with that part of the harbour called the Trou Fanfaron’.
ff.17-19 Frigates.
f.20 ‘View of Doumberah peak from the west. March 1825’.
f.21 ‘View of a remarkable rock in the District Oudanowera from the summit of the mountain Muttunputtun near Kande. February 1826’.
f.22 ‘View of the mountain called Diatalawè from the Kondetally road, on the road to Badulla. November 1825’.
f.23 ‘View of the Ficus religiosa, Bogaha or Saumy tree near which the unfortunate Major Davy, H.M. 19th Regt encamped before the massacre in 1803 near Kande, island of Ceylon. March 1826’.
f.24 Hanguranketa. ‘View of the Resthouse at Hangranketty on upper or Mountain Road to Badulla 18 miles from Kandy. September 1826’.
ff.25 Unfinished pencil drawing of distant mountains.
f.26 ‘View of the Valley of Gampolla and part of the Coffee Plantation of George Bird Esqre. taken from the hill above the village called Seniapettia. June 1826’.
f.27 Nuwara Eliya. ‘Nour Ellia and the leaf Bungalow built for a shooting party August 1826. The Singalese meaning of the word is the King’s open ground, it is a plain in the mountains and very high between Kotmalle and Fort MacDonald’.
f.28 ‘Mountain view coming down from Nour ‘Ellia. August 1826’.
f.29 ‘The mountain just above Badulla called Nomenekoole, September 1826 from Ft. MacDonald’.
f.30 ‘View of Fort MacDonald and the Commanding Officers Quarters taken as you approach it from Badulla. Septr. 1826’.
f.31 ‘Mountain view on the Road between Fort MacDonald and Maturatta and the Jungle called Palewatte together with Doumberah peak in the distance. September 1826’.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003280405
040-003280424 - Is part of:
- WD3773, ff.1-31 : AINSLIE, HENRY FRANCIS (c.1805-1879) British Army. Ensign 83rd Foot 1824; Lieutenant 1826; Captain 1831; Major 1851;…
WD3773 : Sketch book of 33 views, mainly Mauritius and Ceylon, with captions on reverse. Artist(s): Ainslie, Henry Francis (c.1805-1879) - Hierarchy:
- 032-003280405[0019]/040-003280424
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: WD3773, ff.1-31
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 Item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Styles:
- British school
European school - Start Date:
- 1824
- End Date:
- 1826
- Date Range:
- 1824-1826
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Medium: pencil; pen-and-ink; wash
- Material Type:
- Prints, Drawings and Paintings
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Ainslie, Henry Francis, c 1805-1879
- Subjects:
- Architecture
Houses
Ships
Transport
topographical views