Capt. Charles Donatus Corbet O'Brien

Town, and Lake of Kandy; The Malagawa Temple, Kandy; Thuparamaya Dagoba; Ruins at Pallanaruja; Adam's Peak from the Ambogammoa Road at Pusbage; Adam's Peak from the Yatteantotte Road; Ferry on the Road from Manaar to Colombo; The Talipat in Flower; Group of Palms at the Entrance to the Royal Botanic Gardens, Paradinia; Peacock Hill, Coffee Estate,-Gampola in the distance; Falls of Rangbodde; Nuera Ellia; Oovah Country and Happotella; Fort and Harbour of Colombo; Fort of Galle from the P. & O. Comp.'s Station on Closeberg Island. complete set of tinted lithographs from A Series of Fifteen Views in Ceylon, printed by J. Needham, published by Day & Son, London, 1864.(slight water damage and spotting to margins), framed. Averaging P. 11¼ x 16in. (28.6 x 40.6); P. 16½ x 11in. (42 x 28) for the two vertical plates (15)

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Capt. Charles Donatus Corbet O'Brien
Town, and Lake of Kandy; The Malagawa Temple, Kandy; Thuparamaya Dagoba; Ruins at Pallanaruja; Adam's Peak from the Ambogammoa Road at Pusbage; Adam's Peak from the Yatteantotte Road; Ferry on the Road from Manaar to Colombo; The Talipat in Flower; Group of Palms at the Entrance to the Royal Botanic Gardens, Paradinia; Peacock Hill, Coffee Estate,-Gampola in the distance; Falls of Rangbodde; Nuera Ellia; Oovah Country and Happotella; Fort and Harbour of Colombo; Fort of Galle from the P. & O. Comp.'s Station on Closeberg Island.

complete set of tinted lithographs from A Series of Fifteen Views in Ceylon, printed by J. Needham, published by Day & Son, London, 1864.(slight water damage and spotting to margins), framed.
Averaging P. 11¼ x 16in. (28.6 x 40.6); P. 16½ x 11in. (42 x 28) for the two vertical plates (15)

Lot Essay

Capt. O' Brien was appointed as Assistant Surveyor in Ceylon on 24 January 1845, under the supervision of Surveyor-General, F. B. Norris . Prior to that, O'Brien was in the 94th. Regiment stationed at Trichinopoly. The very nature of his employment may account for the accuracy and diversity of the views he chose to depict: townscapes and architectural views are complemented by more scenaic or even botanical prints such as The Talipate in Flower.
The work was published in 1864 and seen as a complement to the work of Sir J. Emerson Tennent.

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