Galle. View from the Saluting Battery, looking down towards the native town. Photographer: Bourne and Shepherd
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Genre: Landscape Photography The original Bourne & Shepherd number, 2068, is on the print; however it appears to have been renumbered at a later date as the same view is described as No 2114 in a subsequent Bourne & Shepherd catalogue. Subjects = Location = Ceylon; Galle; Sri Lanka...
Galle Jewellers. Photographer: Bourne and Shepherd
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Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Four men standing round a table displaying jewellery. For another copy, see Photo 1224/1 (131) and for a carte-de-visite of the same group in a different pose, see Photo 127 (98). Photograph of four jewellers from Galle, Sri Lanka (Ceylon), displayin...
Genre: Landscape Photography River scene with a girder bridge. Subjects = bridges Location = Ceylon; Galle; Sri Lanka Photograph of a river scene with a girder bridge near Galle in Sri Lanka (Ceylon), taken by Bourne and Shepherd in the 1860s. Galle, on the island's south-western coast is ...
Colombo, from Galle Face. Photographer: Bourne and Shepherd
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Genre: Landscape Photography View across a lake with figures, carts and animals in the foreground. This print is numbered 2075 but the same view is listed as No 2121 in a later Bourne & Shepherd catalogue. [Albumen print]. Subjects = Location = Ceylon; Colombo; Sri Lanka; Western Prov...
Cleaning & sorting coffee, Colombo. Photographer: Bourne and Shepherd
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Genre: Historical Events Group of female estate workers with baskets of coffee in courtyard in front of factory buildings. [Albumen print]. Subjects = coffee; coffee industry; women Location = Ceylon; Colombo; Sri Lanka; Western Province Photograph taken by Bourne and Shepherd in c.1870 o...
Native cocoa nut oil Press, Colombo. Photographer: Bourne and Shepherd
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Genre: Historical Events The print has been renumbered from 2074 to 2125. Subjects = coconut oil processing; industrial processes; machinery; presses Location = Ceylon; Colombo; Sri Lanka; Western Province
Kandy, from Arthur's Seat. Photographer: Bourne and Shepherd
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Genre: Landscape Photography The 'RC Church', 'Eng Church' and 'Temple of the Sacred Tooth' are identified at the top of the print. This print is numbered 2086 but the same view is listed as No 2131 in a later Bourne & Shepherd catalogue. Subjects = Location = Central Province; Ceylon;...