The Shadow of Adam's Peak from the shrine at sunrise, Ratnapoora
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Constance Frederica Gordon Cumming (1837-1924)
The Shadow of Adam's Peak from the shrine at sunrise, Ratnapoora
signed, inscribed and dated 'Shadow of Adam's Peak.from the Shrine.Sunrise.6.../looking towards Ratnapoora/as seen by H...Bosanquet/HFClaremont/HAS Macleod/Charles Swinnerton/and-/C.F. Gordon Cumming/Jan 28th. 74 (Pilgrims)/The shadow falls shorter and intensely...also much narrower/as the sun rises finally disappearing about 3 hours Prismatic edge' (lower left)
pencil and watercolour, heightened with white and touches of gum arabic, on two joined sheets
20 x 29.3/8 in. (50.8 x 74.7 cm.)
The Shadow of Adam's Peak from the shrine at sunrise, Ratnapoora
signed, inscribed and dated 'Shadow of Adam's Peak.from the Shrine.Sunrise.6.../looking towards Ratnapoora/as seen by H...Bosanquet/HFClaremont/HAS Macleod/Charles Swinnerton/and-/C.F. Gordon Cumming/Jan 28
pencil and watercolour, heightened with white and touches of gum arabic, on two joined sheets
20 x 29.3/8 in. (50.8 x 74.7 cm.)