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Name Skeen and Company Material Type Photographs Level [40] File

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 447/4

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 447/4
Title:
Clement William Robert Hooper Collection: Views of Aden, Ceylon and Burma. Photographer(s): William Henry Louis Skeen and Company and others
Scope & Content:
Collection of miscellaneous loose prints, the majority uncaptioned, comprising: Prints 1-4. Views of Aden, 1880s. Prints 5-12. Views of Ceylon, 1880s-1900s. Print 13. View on the Irrawaddy River, Burma, 1900s. Prints 14-17. Miscellaneous portrait snapshots, 1890s-1900s.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s-1900s
Extent:
17 items

9. Photo 475(66)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 475(66)
Title:
Visit of H.R.H. the Prince of Wales to Ceylon. Photographer: Skeen and Company, William Henry Louis
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events Single print containing a composite of ten views of triumphal arches in Colombo, subtitled: 'Photographs by W.L.H. Skeen & Co, Colombo, Ceylon (Photographers by appointment to HRH the Duke of Edinburgh)'. The views are captioned: 'Arch by the Government Factory; Ent...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1875-1876
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 475(67)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 475(67)
Title:
[View of a triumphal arch erected in honour of the Prince of Wales' visit to Ceylon.] Photographer: Skeen and Company, William Henry Louis
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events Photograph probably by Skeen & Co. Subjects = ceremonial decorations; royal tours; Scadden Collection; triumphal arches Location = Ceylon; Colombo; Sri Lanka; Western Province
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1875-1876
Extent:
1 item