Marianne North visited Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) in 1877–1878 during her remarkable journey around the world to document tropical plants and landscapes. Unlike many botanical illustrators of her time, she painted directly in oil from nature, producing vivid, scientifically valuable, and artistically striking works. Her Ceylon paintings are now preserved mainly in the Marianne North Gallery at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London.
Some of her best-known paintings of Ceylon include:
- A View in the Royal Botanic Garden, Peradeniya
- Avenue of Indian Rubber Trees at Peradeniya
- Clump of Bamboo in the Royal Botanic Gardens, Peradeniya
- Talipot Palm near the Botanic Garden, Peradeniya
- View at Peradeniya
- Cocoanut Palms on the Coast near Galle
- Cocoanut Palms on the River Bank near Galle
- Roadside Scene under the Cocoanut Trees at Galle
- View from the Top of the Waterfall at Ramboda
- In the Old Palace, Kandy
- The Well, Ceylon
- View from Kalutara
- Bombay Pedlars on Mrs Cameron's Verandah, Kalutara
- Loose-Skinned Orange of Colombo
- Ceylon Pitcher Plant and Butterflies
- Foliage and Flowers of the Red Cotton Tree and a Pair of Long-Tailed Fly-Catchers
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