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WD625

Record Id:

040-003288845

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-003288785

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100028184975.0x000432

LARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100143422147.0x000001

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

WD625

Title:

View of Trincomallee (Ceylon); a camp in the foreground by Lieut William Castle.. Artist(s): Castle, William (fl.1796)

Scope & Content:

(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 Trincomallee to put the fortifications in a proper state of defence.

Watercolour painting of Trincomalee in Sri Lanka, by Thomas Castle (d.1811), c. 1795-1796. Inscribed on the front in ink is: 'Trincomallee by the late Mr Castle'; and on the back in ink: 'Trincomallee in Ceylon.'Trincomalee is situated on the north east coast of Sri Lanka and boasts one of the finest natural harbours in the world. Fort Frederick was constructed by the Portuguese in 1624 using rocks from the famous temple the ‘Pagoda of a thousand pillars’ built by early Tamil settlers from South India. Trincomalee was strategically important as it was a key to domination over the Coromandel Coast of India and it attracted the attention of European colonial powers in the 17th and 18th centuries, changing hands repeatedly among the Portuguese, Dutch, French and British before finally falling to the British fleet in 1795. This painting shows the rock with the fort at Trincomalee with an army camp in the foreground.

Collection Area:

Visual Arts

Project / Collection:

MacKenzie Collection

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-003288785
040-003288845

Is part of:

MacKenzie Collection : MacKenzie CollectionMACKENZIE, COLIN (1754-1821) Madras Engineers 1782-1821; Surveyor-General of India 1817-21.

WD625 : View of Trincomallee (Ceylon); a camp in the foreground by Lieut William Castle.. Artist(s): Castle, William (fl.1796)

Hierarchy:

032-003288785[0060]/040-003288845

Container:

View / search within Archive / Collection: MacKenzie Collection

Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

1 Item

Digitised Content:

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Languages:

Not applicable

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Not applicable

Styles:

British school
European school

Start Date:

1795

End Date:

1796

Date Range:

1795-1796

Era:

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