A female Peasant of Ceylon

Details

William Daniell, R.A. (1769-1837)
A female Peasant of Ceylon
signed indistinctly with initials 'WD' (lower right)
pencil, pen and black ink and watercolour with scratching out
5½ x 3¾in. (12.8 x 9½cm.); sold together with a copy of the Rev. H.C. Caunter, The Oriental Annual, London, 1838. (2)

Provenance

with Appleby Bros.

Literature

The Rev. Hobart Caunter, The Oriental Annual, 1838, vol.I opp.p.183

Engraved

T. Garner, 1837, The Oriental Annual, 1838.

Lot Essay

Although William Daniell never visited Ceylon, his brother Samuel lived there for many years and it is probable that William used one of his brother's watercolours on which to base his composition. This is a watercolour study for the following lot.

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