The emissaries of the king of Kandy in audience with the governor Imam Falck at Colombo

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The emissaries of the king of Kandy in audience with the governor Imam Falck at Colombo

Reimer, Carl Friedrich

Governor Imam Falck receives the emissaries of the king of Kandy in the big reception room of the governor's residence in Colombo.

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Is part of:

Colombo

Creator

Reimer, Carl Friedrich (draughtsman)

Period

1772

Material

paper

Technique

watercolour

Kind

drawing

Dimension

280 x 430 mm280 x 430 mm

Number

RP-T-1904-18

Owner

Rijksmuseum Amsterdam

Tags

meeting / visit, art / object, Asians, Africans & Americans, interior, European, government building / residence

Inscription

Na het leven getekent en geschildert door C.F. Reimer Chirurgijn. Afbeelding der plegtige Audientie verleent door zijn Weledele, Grootagtbaare de Heer Gouverneur en Directeur van 't Eyland Ceylon, etc: etc: aan 't jaarlijkse Gesandschap van den Koning van Candia, te Colombo, in den Jaare, 1772.

Sources and literature

Silva, R.K. de en W.G.M. Beumer, Illustrations and Views of Dutch Ceylon 1602 - 1796 (1988)