Constance Frederica Gordon-Cumming (1837-1924)

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Constance Frederica Gordon-Cumming (1837-1924)
Adam's Peak, Sri Lanka
signed and dated '[C] F. Gordon Cumming/Feb 2nd 74' with inscription 'Adam's Peak/7352 feet/from/The Verandah at Bunyan Maskilya ? 4100/Sarah Gray/Tom Gray.../A W Wright/E Wright Avoca nr. Mornee Sula Ganga Mr. Gray'; pencil and watercolour heightened with bodycolour and gum arabic, unframed
19 x 29½in (490 x 750mm.)

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Adam's Peak, the highest point in Ceylon, is 7352 feet above sea level. When Constance Gordon-Cumming first saw the mountain she wrote 'There in the early dawn, it stood revealed, a deep blue peak cutting against a golden sky. To reach this high point became the desire of my heart', (C.F.Gordon-Cumming, Two Happy Years in Ceylon, London, 1892, II, p. 322). Constance scaled the mountain in February, 1874

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