View of the fort at Matara

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View of the fort at Matara

Anoniem / Anonymous

View of the fort at Matara with a flagstaff and drawbridge depicted left.

Marked in pencil on the reverse: wapen a'sdam [?] + VDL (?) cf. Voorn. 1960 nr 72. (1762) This is most probably a watermark from around 1762.

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Is part of:

Matara

Creator

Anoniem / Anonymous

Period

1750-1800

Material

paper

Technique

coloured drawing

Kind

drawing

Dimension

194 x 314 mm194 x 314 mm

Number

RP-T-00-3226

Owner

Rijksmuseum Amsterdam

Tags

survey / view, banderole / cartouche / ornamentation, bridge, fortification

Inscription

'T Fortje Mature, zoo als zich aan de waterkant vertoond.

Sources and literature

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