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Creator:
Dubourg, Matthew, active 1806-1838
Title(s):

A set of views in the island of Ceylon.

Additional Title(s):

Ceylon view

Published/Created:
London : Published Jany. 1, 1819, by Edwd. Orme, Bond Street, [1819]
Physical Description:
6 prints in 1 volume : aquatint and etching ; volume 57 x 86 cm
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Folio C 2023 24
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Full Orbis Record:
http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/3427440
Classification:
Prints
Notes:
All plates are signed: "Drawn on the spot by Lieut. Wm. Lyttleton, H.M. 73 Regt. ; M. Dubourg sculpt."
The caption of each plate is headed: "Ceylon view no. 1[-6]".
Letterpress descriptions are printed on smaller sheets tipped on to the left margin of each plate.
Title from publisher's printed label affixed to front cover. The label also bears the engraved image of "A Kandyan chief" and a dedication: "To His Excellency, Lieutenant-General Sir Robert Brownrigg ... these views in the Kandyan country are respectfully inscribed by ... W. Lyttleton, Lieut. ..."
Abbey, J.R. Travel in aquatint and lithography, 1770-1860, 411
BAC Folio C 2023 24: The Abbey copy. Plates are hand-colored. Bound in original wrappers with printed title label.
Subject Terms:
Kandy (Sri Lanka)
Sri Lanka.
Form/Genre:
Aquatints.
Views.
Hand-coloring.
Contributors:
Lyttleton, William Thomas, 1786?-1839, artist.
Orme, Edward, 1775-1848, publisher.
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  • No. 1. Amanapoora on the road from Ceylon to Kandy
  • No. 2. The summit of the Balani Mountains
  • No. 3. The King's palace at Kandy
  • No. 4. Ferry at Wattepalagoa three miles from Kandy
  • No. 5. Tombs of Kandyan kings at the north end of the town of Kandy
  • No. 6. Town of Kandy, from Castle Hill.

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