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Colombo

Colombo
1890

Medium
oil on wood panel

Measurements
15.8 × 24.4 cm irreg.

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased with the assistance of a special grant from the Government of Victoria, 1979

Gallery location
Not on display

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Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Colombo, Ceylon

Inscription
inscribed in pencil l.l.: C.Conder
inscribed in pencil l.r.: COLOMBO. ThuRSDAY 15 MAY / 1890

Accession Number
A45-1980

Department
International Painting

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Subjects (general)
Cityscapes Human Figures

Subjects (specific)
Colombo (inhabited place) pedestrians Sri Lanka (nation) street scenes streets

Provenance
Gift of the artist to Mrs Edith 'Amaryllis' Hacon (later Mrs E. G. Robichaud), The Vale, Chelsea, London, 1890s; collection of Walter Oswald Burt (1893–1969), before 1969; purchased from the Burt Estate by Jack Manton, 1969; collection of Jack Manton, Melbourne, 1969–79; from whom purchased for the National Gallery of Victoria, 1979.