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1. Photo 406/2(52)

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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:
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Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

2. Photo 406/2(53)

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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

3. 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

4. Photo 406/2(55)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 406/2(55)
Title:
Colombo. The Fort & Lake. Photographer: Scowen and Company, Charles T.
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View looking south towards the Galle Face Promenade, with barracks in the foreground and the Galle Face Cemetery on the farther side of the lake. Photograph uncredited, but probably by Scowen & Co. Subjects = barracks; military (general); military facilities ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 406/2(56)

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Photo 406/2(56)
Title:
Colombo. The Grand Oriental Hotel. Photographer: Scowen and Company, Charles T.
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View looking along the street towards the Grand Oriental Hotel, with an arcade of commercial premises in the foreground. Photograph uncredited, but probably by Scowen & Co. Subjects = British colonial architecture; hotels Location = Ceylon; Colombo; Sri ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 406/2(57)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 406/2(57)
Title:
Colombo. Bridge of Boats. Photographer: Scowen and Company, Charles T.
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography General view of the bridge, with bullock carts crossing. The Bridge of Boats over the Kelani River at Grandpass carried the whole of the Colombo-Kandy road traffic from its construction in 1822 until 1895 when the Victoria Bridge was opened. The Bridge of Boats was ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 406/2(58)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 406/2(58)
Title:
Ceylon. View on the beach. Photographer: Scowen and Company, Charles T.
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Subjects = catamarans; fishing boats; local craft; transport; water transport Location = Ceylon; Sri Lanka Photograph by Scowen & Co. taken in the 1880s of a beach scene in Sri Lanka, from an album of 62 views of India and Ceylon. Out-rigger canoes or catama...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

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