Papaya tree, litigants come to see the Dessave, and a 'hennikap' or free servant in Colombo, 1785. Residents awaiting case law by the Dessave (European judge employed by the VOC). The 'free servant' is dressed in white and wears his hair in a bun on the left of the head. With inscription. Part of Jan Brandes' sketchbook, dl. 1 (1808), p. 16.

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