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Dunbar looking to Elbedde-Kandy Inscribed l.r.: Dunbar looking to/Elbedde-Kandy. Between Dimbola &/Dickoya-6631 ft, and signed by J.T. Beckett, Mr Naylor …, C. Swinburnton and one other, watercolour over pencil 27 x 43 cm.; 10 5/8 x 16 7/8 inches Signs of deforestation, of which the artist was critical, are clearly evident in this watercolour. Dunbar is 60 miles east of Colombo.

Signed, inscribed and dated l.l.: Corner of the Band of the Tank (Tapawewa)/(Polanarua)/looking to the Matele hills./Kandy/Sept 19th 73./CFGC/117, watercolour and pencil 15.7 x 50.5 cm.; 6 ¼ x 19 ¾ inches Polonnaruwa is in North Central Sri Lanka.

The Mahavelli Ganga (the Mahaweli River) Signed, inscribed and dated l.l.: The Mahavelli Ganga/Gampola Hill/C.FGC./May 29th 74 and signed by John A Bell and Mary Bell, watercolour over pencil 27 x 45 cm.; 10 ½ x 17 5/8 inches The Mahaweli is Sri Lanka’s longest river. Gampola was Sri Lanka’s capital from 1347 to around 1410. Gampola is about 50 miles west of Colombo.

Sunset with the Allegalla and Kaduganawa Peaks from Bellongalla, Bellgodde, Kornegalle Hills Inscribed l.r.: Allegalla and Kaduganawa Peaks from Bellongalla./Bellgodde. Kornegalle Hills, and further inscribed: coffee and with colour notes, watercolour over pencil 35.5 x 50.5 cm.; 14 x 19 ¾ inches The artist stayed with Bessie Farr, whom she met on her journey to Ceylon, who was travelling to her future husband Tom Farr. They lived at Oolanakanda, ‘perched very high on the majestic Allegalla Peak, at the foot of a mighty crag, and overlooking a billowy sea of mountain ranges. …from there we could see in the far distance the other great mountain of Ceylon… “Adam’s Peak”, but to the Singhalese ..the “Sri-Pada’, Memories, pp. 211-212. Bellongalla is west of Kandy, the site of Sri Lanka’s first tea estate.

KT454 August-Paul-Charles Anastasi (French 1820-1889) Berge et rivière, neuve Bougival, France Oil on board, inscribed with title on artist’s studio sale label attached to verso: Berge et riviere/neuve Bougival, with artist’s seal 27 x 35.5cm.; 10 5/8 x 14 inches Provenance The artist’s studio sale, Durand-Ruel, 3-8 March, 1873, no. 203; Private collection, France until 2021 Bougival is a small town on the Seine to the west of Paris, popular with 19th century painters.

KT282 Arthur Severn (1842-1931) Sunset over a wooded landscape, probably at Coniston Water Signed l.l.: A. Severn, watercolour, inscribed on backing paper: 'This picture is by Arthur Severn/and was given to me in exchange/for a song in 1904’, in the original gilt frame 9 x 20.4 cm; 3 3/4 x 8 inches Framed size 18 x 29 cm.; 7 1/8 x 11 1/4 inches Severn loved to draw sunsets and this is a delightful example of his work, most probably drawn from near Brantwood where he lived with John Ruskin.