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Making a mark with old prints
Dr. Rajpal (R.K.) de Silva opens the door to his second floor flat off Jawatte Road to usher us in. Even the casual visitor to the apartment should have no trouble identifying the interests of her/his host.
The walls are covered with paintings, many by de Silva’s mother. (In one he is only 16 years old, thin and long-necked; in another self-portrait, his mother stands alongside his sisters.)
There are books everywhere but on the sofa, spilling out of their packaging, are a set so recently published that they still smell of the printers.
These same books made their way down to the Dutch Burgher Union this week for a launch that celebrates not one but two new additions to de Silva’s series ‘Pictorial Impressions of Early Colonial Sri Lanka.’
Dr. R.K. de Silva, and below some of the illustrations in his book. Pix by Amila Gamage
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