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31. Photo 644(20)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 644(20)
Title:
Kandyan chiefs [Sri Lanka]. Photographer: Skeen and Company, William Henry Louis
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Subjects = ethnic groups; Sinhalese; Sri Lankan office holders Location = Central Province; Ceylon; Kandy; Sri Lanka
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

32. Photo 644(21)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 644(21)
Title:
Tamil theatricals [Sri Lanka]. Photographer: Skeen and Company, William Henry Louis
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Subjects = actors; ethnic groups; Tamils Location = Ceylon; Sri Lanka
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

33. Photo 1130(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1130(1)
Title:
Kandyan Chiefs. Photographer: Skeen and Company, William Henry Louis
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Group portrait of Kandyan chiefs in formal dress, with two unidentified Europeans in the centre. [Platinum print, signed 'Skeen & Co 1159' in the negative, 277x225mm]. Subjects = dress; platinum prints; Sri Lankan office holders Location = Central Province; ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1903-1907
Extent:
1 item

34. Photo 1185(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1185(1)
Title:
Sunset view of Colombo Harbour. Photographer: William Louis Henry Skeen and Company.
Scope & Content:
Blind stamped lower left, Photographers W. L. H. Skeen & Co Colombo View looking westwards across Colombo Harbour at dusk, with the breakwater and shipping on the horizon and a dramatic cloudscape overhead.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

35. Photo 1185(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1185(2)
Title:
Village scene, Ceylon. Photographer: William Louis Henry Skeen and Company.
Scope & Content:
Blind stamped lower left, Photographers W. L. H. Skeen & Co Colombo Ceylon View looking along the road leading through a village, with thatched houses on either side and jungle in the background. With a Singhalese man posed beside the road in the middleground.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item