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| Description / Expertise: |
The lighthouse in the old fort at Colombo, located at the junction of Chatham Street and Janadhipathi Mawatha, dates from the 1820s; it was converted into a clock tower in 1860. The British Library (OIOS) holds a series of eight watercolour views of Colombo by Patrick Lysaght (WD 3844-3851), several of them dated 1837, which may be the date of this picture also. |
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pencil, pen and ink, and grey wash
Signed beneath image (l.l.) ‘P. Lysaght Private 78th Highlanders’ Inscribed at centre beneath image ‘PANORAMA, FROM THE LIGHTHOUSE, COLOMBO / CEYLON’. Also inscribed along the parapet ‘WEST’, ‘EAST’ and ‘SOUTH’
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| Dimensions: |
34.50inch wide
14.25inch high
(87.63 cm wide 36.19 cm high)
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