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Collection Area Visual Arts Name Skeen and Company Material Type Photographs

1. Photo 234(11)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 234(11)
Title:
Sunset, Colombo. Photographer: Skeen and Company, William Henry Louis
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View looking out to sea, with a fishing boat silhouetted on the horizon. Subjects = Location = Ceylon; Colombo; Sri Lanka; Western Province
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

2. Photo 234(12)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 234(12)
Title:
Colombo in the breaking of the N.W. Monsoon. Photographer: Skeen and Company, William Henry Louis
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Showing heavy seas striking the breakwater in Colombo harbour. Subjects = breakwaters; monsoons; ports Location = Ceylon; Colombo; Sri Lanka; Western Province
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 234(13)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 234(13)
Title:
Mount Ephraim or Lavinia Hotel, built for one of the governors' residence [near Colombo]. Photographer: Skeen and Company, William Henry Louis
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View looking along the beach towards the Mount Lavinia Hotel, which stands on a small headland a few miles outside Colombo. Subjects = British colonial architecture; hotels Location = Ceylon; Colombo; Sri Lanka; Western Province
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 234(18)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 234(18)
Title:
Newralia, the hills in Ceylon. Photographer: Skeen and Company, William Henry Louis
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography General view over the valley at Nuwera Eliya. Subjects = hill stations Location = Ceylon; Nuwara Eliya; Sri Lanka
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 234(19)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 234(19)
Title:
View of the wonderful railway from Colombo to Kandy, Ceylon. Photographer: Skeen and Company, William Henry Louis
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Locomotive on the line, with a steep drop on the right. Subjects = locomotives; railway rolling stock; railways; transport Location = Ceylon; Sri Lanka
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 234(21)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 234(21)
Title:
Railway going up from the plains of Colombo to Kandy, Ceylon. Photographer: Skeen and Company, William Henry Louis
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Subjects = locomotives; railway rolling stock; railways; transport Location = Ceylon; Sri Lanka
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 234(29)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 234(29)
Title:
Mount Lavinia Hotel, Colombo. Photographer: Skeen and Company, William Henry Louis
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Subjects = British colonial architecture; hotels Location = Ceylon; Colombo; Sri Lanka; Western Province
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 335/7(48)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 335/7(48)
Title:
Surf during a SW monsoon, Colombo Harbour. Photographer: Skeen and Company, William Henry Louis
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Probably by W.H. Skeen & Co. Subjects = monsoons; Spalding Collection Location = Colombo; Western Province
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 335/7(49)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 335/7(49)
Title:
Diving boys, Colombo Harbour. Photographer: Skeen and Company, William Henry Louis
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events Five boys rowing in a roughly made canoe. Probably by W.H. Skeen & Co. Subjects = local craft; Spalding Collection; transport; water transport Location = Colombo; India; Western Province
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 335/7(50)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 335/7(50)
Title:
[Street scene], Colombo, [showing the studio of W.L.H. Skeen & Co]. Photographer: Skeen and Company, William Henry Louis
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Subjects = photographic studios; Spalding Collection; street scenes Location = Ceylon; Colombo; Sri Lanka; Western Province
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item