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Name Skeen and Company Digitised Content No Level [40] File

1. 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

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. Photo 551(88)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 551(88)
Title:
Victoria Diamond Jubilee, Kandy. Photographer: Skeen and Company, William Henry Louis
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events View of celebrations in the Governor's enclosure, Bogambra Ground, Kandy. This negative is most probably a copy of a photograph by W.H. Skeen & Co who took a series of views at the event. Copy glass negative (fragile), no print. Subjects = jubilees; official event...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
29 Jun 1897
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 644(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 644(1)
Title:
The Harbour, Colombo. Photographer: Skeen and Company, William Henry Louis
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View from the Grand Oriental Hotel looking out towards the shipping in the harbour. A triumphal arch erected on the landing jetty has a sign of welcome to 'His Royal Highness Prince [?]Henry of [?]Prussia'. Print unsigned, but probably by Skeen & Co. Subjects ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 644(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 644(2)
Title:
Queen Street, Colombo. Photographer: Skeen and Company, William Henry Louis
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View looking along Queen Street towards the lighthouse and clocktower in Chatham Street. Print unsigned, but probably by Skeen & Co. Subjects = lighthouses; street scenes Location = Ceylon; Colombo; Sri Lanka; Western Province
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 644(3)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 644(3)
Title:
Galle Face Hotel, Colombo. Photographer: Skeen and Company, William Henry Louis
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view of the hotel, with rickshaw pullers and the hotel carriage in the foreground. Print unsigned, but probably by Skeen & Co. Subjects = British colonial architecture; carriages; hotels; rickshaws; road transport; transport Location = Ceylon; Co...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 644(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 644(4)
Title:
Mt. Lavinia, [near] Colombo. Photographer: Skeen and Company, William Henry Louis
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Subjects = Location = Ceylon; Colombo; Sri Lanka; Western Province
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 644(5)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 644(5)
Title:
Native fishing boat [Sri Lanka]. Photographer: Skeen and Company, William Henry Louis
Scope & Content:
Subjects = catamarans; fishing boats; local craft; transport; water transport Location = Ceylon; Colombo; Sri Lanka; Western Province
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item