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Collection Area Visual Arts Language Not applicable Name Scowen and Company

1. Photo 92/17(17)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/17(17)
Title:
Roots of India rubber trees growing at the entrance to the Peradeniya Gardens. Photographer: Scowen and Company, Charles T.
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Study of roots of ficus elastica in the Botanical Gardens at Peradeniya. [Albumen print, signed 'Scowen' in the negative, 278x220mm]. Subjects = botanical gardens; ficus; Scott (Sir George) Collection; trees & plants Location = Ceylon; Peradeniya; Sri Lanka
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

2. Photo 92/17(18)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/17(18)
Title:
Blossom and fruit or berry of the Liberian coffee. The flower has strong odour of jessamine of which it is a veriety, and the berry is just like a ripe cherry. Photographer: Scowen and Company, Charles T.
Scope & Content:
Close-up study of flowers and berries. [Albumen print, 279x220mm]. Subjects = coffee; Scott (Sir George) Collection; trees & plants Location = Ceylon; Sri Lanka
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 92/17(21)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/17(21)
Title:
Portion of interior of the Temple [?Rangiri Dambulu Viharaya]. Photographer: Scowen and Company, Charles T.
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Buddha image, seated in dhyana (meditation) mudra, in a niche. The surrounding walls are also painted with images. Location unspecified, but probably the rock-cut shrine at Dambulla, the Rangiri Dambulu Viharaya. [Albumen print, signed 'Scowen' in the negative,...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 92/17(22)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/17(22)
Title:
A Kandyan Chief in his full official costume, with his wife and other ladies. Photographer: Scowen and Company, Charles T.
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length portrait of a Kanydan chief in official dress, standing beside three seated women, presumably his wife and two daughters. [Albumen print, 264x208mm]. Subjects = dress; ethnic groups; Scott (Sir George) Collection; Sinhalese; Sri Lankan office hol...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 125/4(157)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 125/4(157)
Title:
[General view of the] The lake, Kandy. Photographer: Scowen and Company, Charles T.
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Subjects = Temple Collection Location = Central Province; Ceylon; Kandy; Sri Lanka
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 242/1(14)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 242/1(14)
Title:
Chaitya at new shrine of the holy tooth, Kandy [Ceylon]. Photographer: Scowen and Company, Charles T.
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Subjects = architectural elements; chaitya halls (Buddhist); Sri Lankan architecture; Sri Lankan architecture (Buddhist); temples Location = Central Province; Ceylon; Kandy; Sri Lanka
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s-1880s
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 242/3(51)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 242/3(51)
Title:
Entrance to the Nata Dewale grounds, Kandy. Photographer: Scowen and Company, Charles T.
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View of ached gateway, flanked by sculpture and wall painting. Subjects = architectural elements; gateways; Sri Lankan architecture; Sri Lankan architecture (Buddhist) Location = Central Province; Ceylon; Kandy; Sri Lanka
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870-1880s
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 406/2(52)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 406/2(52)
Title:
Colombo. The Harbour. Photographer: Scowen and Company, Charles T.
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Panoramic view composed of two joined prints looking south-west across the harbour and showing shipping moored inside the breakwater completed in 1885. Photograph uncredited, but probably by Scowen & Co. Subjects = breakwaters; harbours; panoramas; shipping ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 406/2(53)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 406/2(53)
Title:
Colombo. Street scene. Photographer: Scowen and Company, Charles T.
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Photograph uncredited, but probably by Scowen & Co. Subjects = street scenes Location = Ceylon; Colombo; Sri Lanka; Western Province Photograph taken by Charles T. Scowen & Co. the 1880s of a street scene in Colombo, the capital of Sri Lanka, from an al...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 406/2(54)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 406/2(54)
Title:
Colombo. Street scene. Photographer: Scowen and Company, Charles T.
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Street scene in the Pettah, with the Cayman Gate in the right foreground. Other copies of this photograph are signed by the photographer, and it is likely that the other Ceylon photographs in this album are also the work of Scowen & Co. Subjects = street scene...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item