Identification title(s): palace of the king of kandy. Object type: drawing object number: ng-1985-7-3-126. Inscriptions / marks: inscription, verso, handwritten: 'palais du roy de candia'. Description: front of the palace of the king of kandy. With soldiers standing guard here and there wearing slippers, wide turbans, wide trousers or sari and armed with scimitars and/or pikes. Probably drawn from an example. Manufacture. Manufacturer: draftsman: johannes rach (school of), draftsman: jan brandes (rejected attribution). Place of manufacture: kandy. Date: ca. 1770. Physical characteristics: pen in black over sketch in pencil. Material: paper ink pencil technique: pen. Dimensions: h 332 mm × w 505 mm. Subject: what: palace. Asiatic races and peoples (srilankans). When: 1760 - 1780. Where: kandy. Who: dutch east india company. Acquisition: purchase may 2, 1985. Date: circa 1770.
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