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| Keywords: Queen Consort Venkata Rangammal Devi of Kandy.jpg The Queen of Kandy the Kandyan king ™s consort poses in a chair legs crossed against a mountainous landscape Her elongated neck is covered with exotic shell-like jewelry Her hair is bound tightly back and garnished with a loop of flowers She averts her gaze from the viewer and modestly covers her shoulders exposing only one small hand Unlike most depictions of native Indian subjects her demure features are set in a round child-like face <br> Associated Texts Whilst we remained in the neighborhood of his Candian Kandyan majesty ™s residence Mr William Daniell was permitted to make a portrait of the queen from which the accompanying engraving is taken; it may be relied upon as a most admirable likeness She was very young extremely pretty of engaging manners familiar without being free and appeared much delighted at seeing her features transferred to paper Her dress was becoming her figure graceful and her gait elegant Daniell 85 Early 1800s http //www rc umd edu/gallery/the-queen-of-candy Source Link Drawn by W Daniell R A Engraved by R Woodman Public Domain other versions Custom license marker 2014 12 31 PD-UKGov PD-old-100 PD-Sri Lanka Uploaded with UploadWizard William Daniell 1800s engravings Engraved portraits of queens 19th-century engraved portraits of women at half length Portrait engravings of sitting women Sri Vikrama Rajasinha | ||||
