The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 24, 2024
A Creeper in the Peradeniya Gardens, Ceylon
c. 1880
(British, active Ceylon, 1876–1895)
Image: 27.7 x 21.5 cm (10 7/8 x 8 7/16 in.); Paper: 27.7 x 21.5 cm (10 7/8 x 8 7/16 in.); Mounted: 29.3 x 23 cm (11 9/16 x 9 1/16 in.)
Location: not on view
Description
The extravagant baroque curves of this vine were shot in what are now known as the Royal Botanical Gardens. With origins as far back as 1371, the gardens were formally established by the colonial government in 1843 using European plants from Kew Garden in London and native specimens from Slave Island, Colombo, and the Kalutara Garden in Kalutara. Ceylon is now the nation of Sri Lanka.- Bruno Tartarain, photovintagefrance, Arnaville, FranceCatherine Glynn Benkaim and Barbara Timmer, Beverly Hills, CAJune 4, 2018the Cleveland Museum of Art
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Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2018.37