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1. Photo 249

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 249
Title:
Fiebig Collection: Views in Ceylon. Photographer(s): Fiebig, Frederick
Scope & Content:
Collection of 70 loose hand-coloured salted paper prints from calotype negatives, mounted on card measuring 348 x 470 mm, with contemporary hand-written captions at bottom left. The caption to print 26 in this series appears to indicate that Fiebig visited Ceylon (Sri Lanka) in 1852. This photog...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1852
Extent:
70 items

2. Photo 249(50)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 249(50)
Title:
Clubhouse, Kandy. Photographer: Fiebig, Frederick
Scope & Content:
Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View looking across a grassed area (with laundry laid out to dry on the ground) towards the clubhouse buildings.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1852
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 249(56)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 249(56)
Title:
Barracks, Point de Galle. Photographer: Fiebig, Frederick
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View looking along the range of single storey barracks buildings.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1852
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 249(8)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 249(8)
Title:
Scenery near Colombo. Photographer: Fiebig, Frederick
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed 'F. Fiebig' in the negative. Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View looking along a tree-lined avenue in or near Colombo.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1852
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 249(25)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 249(25)
Title:
Outskirts of Colombo. Photographer: Fiebig, Frederick
Scope & Content:
Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View looking along the same residential street in Colombo as print 24, but taken from further back along the roadway.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1852
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 249(36)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 249(36)
Title:
Scenery near Kandy. Photographer: Fiebig, Frederick
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed 'F. Fieb[ig]' in the negative. Genre: Landscape Photography View from the roadside looking towards the hills, with houses in the foreground and two figures seated beside the road in the foreground.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1852
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 249(43)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 249(43)
Title:
Lake scenery, Ceylon. Photographer: Fiebig, Frederick
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View looking across an unidentified lake, with figures posed in front of the thatched hut in the foreground. The location is unspecified, but is possibly in the Beira Lake area around Slave Island in Colombo, the location of the following print.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1852
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 249(49)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 249(49)
Title:
Scenery near Kandy. Photographer: Fiebig, Frederick
Scope & Content:
Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View looking along a roadway towards a bridge, with a body of water (possibly Kandy Lake) on the left and a tiled bungalow on the right. The large pile of rubble in the right foreground is probably indicative of roadbuilding work in progress.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1852
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 249(62)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 249(62)
Title:
Village near Point de Galle. Photographer: Fiebig, Frederick
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View looking across open ground towards a village of thatched huts and tiled houses, set among a palm grove.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1852
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 249(66)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 249(66)
Title:
Scenery near Point de Galle. Photographer: Fiebig, Frederick
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Portrait of a group of Singhalese men posed on a pathway, with jungle beyond and the walls of a building on the right.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1852
Extent:
1 item