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Reception of the envoys of Kandy at Colombo

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Reception of the envoys of Kandy at Colombo

Brandes, Jan

Reception of the envoys of Kandy in the hall of audience at Colombo. The Kandy delegation and a number of senior VOC officials stand around a table with their translator (dressed in green). The reception room itself is sketched in pencil.

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Sources and literature

Bruijn, M. de en R. Raben, The world of Jan Brandes, 1743-1808: Drawings of a Dutch traveller in Batavia, Ceylon and Southern Africa (2004)