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1. Mss Eur G115/28(22)

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur G115/28(22)
Title:
Kandy. Photographer: Scowen and Company, Charles T.
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View of Kandy Lake and surrounding hills. Print 23 is inscribed 'C. Scowen' and this photograph is probably also by him. Dated from adjacent prints.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1904
Extent:
1 item

2. Mss Eur G115/28(23)

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur G115/28(23)
Title:
Kandy Lake. Photographer: Scowen and Company, Charles T.
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed, numbered and captioned 'C. Scowen. Kandy Lake. No. 537. C. A. Co. Ltd.' in the negative. Genre: Landscape Photography View of Kandy Lake and surrounding hills. Dated from adjacent prints.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1904
Extent:
1 item

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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