2 sons who also became botanical illustrators: ->William de Alwis (1842-1916) and ->George de Alwis (1xxx-1xxx)
1792 in Kalutara, Sri Lanka
1894
Gatambe, Kandy, Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
British officer and naturalist Robert Wight (1796-1872) ; British officer and naturalist George Gardener (1812-1849) ; British officer and naturalist G. H. K. Thwaites (1812-1882) ; botanist Werner Hoffmeister ; Botanical Garden in Ceylon at Kalutara between 1818-1822 ; Botanical Garden in Peradeniya from 1822-1861 ;
botanical artist at Botanical Gardens of Kalutara 1818-22 & Peradeniya 1822-61 ;
with his two sons ; lithographer -> R. Morgan ;
botanical and natural drawing and watercolour ; hand-colouring of more than 2200 Sri Lanka plants
Nat. Herbarium, Peradeniya ; Nat.Museum Sri Lanka, Colombo; Dept. of Agriculture, Gannoruwa; Nat.Hist.Museum, London; Kew Gardens; Calcutta Bot.Garden
Nissen: Botan. Buchillustration 1966 ; Rohan Pethiyogada: The family of Alwis Eneviratna of Sri Lanka. Pioneers of biological illustration, in: Journal of South Asian Natural History 4 (1999): 99-109 ; http://static1.1.sqspcdn.com/static/f/1199264/18693502/1339431698397/Pethiyagoda+R.+The+Family+de+Alwis+Seneviratne+of+Sri+lanka-+pioneers+in+biological+illustration.pdf ; http://www.sundaytimes.lk/170416/plus/the-unknown-de-alwises-brush-with-asian-flora-236894.html
Further Place of activity: India (worked probably in Madras, nowadays Chennai). Some information for this entry was kindly provided by Siobhan Leachman, Brooklyn, New Zealand. Further examples can be found in http://plantillustrations.org/artist.php?id_artist=431&mobile=0
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