Title(s)

The ruined cities of Ceylon (title on object)

Object type

• book

Object number

RP-F-2001-7-285

Inscriptions / marks

• name: ‘J. Hanley Power’

Artist

• Henry William Cave (mentioned on object)
• publisher: Marston & Company Sampson Low (mentioned on object)

Place

London

Dating

1897

Material

• paper
• linen (material)
• cardboard

Technique

printing / Woodburygravure

Measurements

height 285 mm × width 225 mm × thickness 33 mm

Credit line

• Purchased with the support of the Mondriaan Stichting, the Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds, the VSBfonds, the Paul Huf Fonds/Rijksmuseum Fonds and the Egbert Kunstfonds

Acquisition

purchase 2001

Copyright

Public domain

Parts

• Exterior of the Dambulla Cave Temple, Sri Lanka (RP-F-2001-7-285-1)
• Scenery of the rural areas of Kandy district, Sri Lanka (RP-F-2001-7-285-2)
• Aluvihare Rock Temple, Sri Lanka (RP-F-2001-7-285-3)
• Resthouse at Nalanda Gedidge, Sri Lanka (RP-F-2001-7-285-4)
• Path through Kekirawa, Sri Lanka (RP-F-2001-7-285-5)
• View of Mihintale, Sri Lanka (RP-F-2001-7-285-6)
• Flight of stairs at Mihintale, Sri Lanka (RP-F-2001-7-285-7)
• View of the ruins of the Maha Seya stupa, Mihintale, Sri Lanka (RP-F-2001-7-285-8)
• Remains of rock dwellings at Mihintale (RP-F-2001-7-285-9)
• View of the Mahamegha garden at Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka (RP-F-2001-7-285-10)
• View of the Thurapamaya Stupa at Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka (RP-F-2001-7-285-11)
• Monolithic cistern at Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka (RP-F-2001-7-285-12)
• Paint barrel at Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka (RP-F-2001-7-285-13)
• Entrance to the Bodhi tree enclosure, Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka (RP-F-2001-7-285-14)
• View of the Isurumuniya temple at Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka (RP-F-2001-7-285-15)
• Relief in the complex of the Isurumuniya temple in Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka (RP-F-2001-7-285-16)
• Ruins of the Lovamahapaya building in Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka (RP-F-2001-7-285-17)
• Ruins of the Ruwanwelisaya stupa at Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka (RP-F-2001-7-285-18)
• Ruins of the Ruwanwelisaya stupa at Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka (RP-F-2001-7-285-19)
• Miniature stupa in the Ruwanwelisaya stupa complex at Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka (RP-F-2001-7-285-20)
• Sculptures in the complex of the Ruwanwelisaya stupa at Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka (RP-F-2001-7-285-21)
• Inscription in the Ruwanwelisaya stupa complex at Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka (RP-F-2001-7-285-22)
• Ruins near the Ruanwelisaya stupa at Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka (RP-F-2001-7-285-23)
• Pond near the Ruwanwelisaya stupa in Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka (RP-F-2001-7-285-24)
• View of the Kuttam Pokuna ponds near the Ruwanwelisaya stupa in Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka (RP-F-2001-7-285-25)
• Part of the southern altar of the Abhayagiri stupa in Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka (RP-F-2001-7-285-26)
• View of the stupa of the Abhayagiri vihāra monastic complex in Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka (RP-F-2001-7-285-27)
• Part of the southern altar of the Abhayagiri vihāra monastic complex at Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka (RP-F-2001-7-285-28)
• Stele at the Abhayagiri vihāra monastic complex in Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka (RP-F-2001-7-285-29)
• Ruins of the Mayura Pirivena monastic complex at Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka (RP-F-2001-7-285-30)
• View of the Jetavanaramaya stupa at Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka (RP-F-2001-7-285-31)
• Moonstone and steps in front of the palace of King Mahasena at Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka (RP-F-2001-7-285-32)
• Relief depicting a lion in the wall coping of the palace of King Mahasena at Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka (RP-F-2001-7-285-33)
• Ruins of a pavillion at Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka (RP-F-2001-7-285-34)
• Yogi stone amongst the ruins at Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka (RP-F-2001-7-285-35)
• Stone canopy at Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka (RP-F-2001-7-285-36)
• Stone staircase with a moonstone and reliefs representing guardians, Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka (RP-F-2001-7-285-37)
• Ruins at an excavation site in Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka (RP-F-2001-7-285-38)
• Seated child on a Buddha statue in Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka (RP-F-2001-7-285-39)
• Galge (rock chamber) at Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka (RP-F-2001-7-285-40)
• Ruins of the Dalada Maligawa (Temple of the tooth) at Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka (RP-F-2001-7-285-41)
• Remains of an ancient street at Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka (RP-F-2001-7-285-42)
• Local market at Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka (RP-F-2001-7-285-43)
• View of the Lion Rock at Sigiriya, Sri Lanka (RP-F-2001-7-285-44)
• View of the gallery at the Lion Rock, Sigiriya, Sri Lanka (RP-F-2001-7-285-45)
• In the gallery of the Lion Rock at Sigiriya, Sri Lanka (RP-F-2001-7-285-46)
• Frescoes in the Lion Rock at Sigiriya, Sri Lanka (RP-F-2001-7-285-47)
• View of the water reservoir at Minneriya, Sri Lanka (RP-F-2001-7-285-48)
• Tour group with bullock carts in Minneriya, Sri Lanka (RP-F-2001-7-285-49)
• Tour group with ox carts on their way to Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka (RP-F-2001-7-285-50)
• Elephant hunters at Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka (RP-F-2001-7-285-51)
• Portrait of the dissawe Gabriel Jayewardene, Sri Lanka (RP-F-2001-7-285-52)
• Ruins of the Lankatilaka Vihara at Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka (RP-F-2001-7-285-53)
• Ruins of the Lankatilaka Vihara at Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka (RP-F-2001-7-285-54)
• Ruins of the Lankatilaka Vihara at Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka (RP-F-2001-7-285-55)
• Ruins of the Thuparama temple at Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka (RP-F-2001-7-285-56)
• Entrance to the Thuparama temple at Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka (RP-F-2001-7-285-57)
• Ruins of a fort at Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka (RP-F-2001-7-285-58)
• Ruins of the Satmahal Prasada stupa at Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka (RP-F-2001-7-285-59)
• Ruins of the Dalada Maligawa temple at Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka (RP-F-2001-7-285-60)
• Statue of king Parakrama I at Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka (RP-F-2001-7-285-61)
• Ruins of the rock temple Gal Vihara at Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka (RP-F-2001-7-285-62)
• Frescoes at the Aluvihare rock temple, Sri Lanka (RP-F-2001-7-285-63)