Mount Talakmau, Sumatra Finish:Single provided Britain retained its neutrality

provided Britain retained its neutrality

women collecting water from a pump and the Magpie and Punchbowl public house in the background

View of the Poultry Compter

21st October 1985

Mount Talakmau, Sumatra Finish:Single provided Britain retained its neutralityLandscape view of Talakmau, here described as 'Mount Ophir' at volcano on the west coast of Sumatra, Indonesia. Inscribed: 'View of Mouint Ophir (or Goonung Passman by the Natives) as seen from Pooloo Panjong.' Figure no. 14 from Report of the length of the pendulum at the equator made on an expedition from the observatory at Madras, by John Goldingham (Madras, 1824). Original painting pasted onto a backing sheet. Not signed. Paper watermarked: 'C.