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Name Skeen and Company Digitised Content No Material Type Photographs

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 335/7(48)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 335/7(48)
Title:
Surf during a SW monsoon, Colombo Harbour. Photographer: Skeen and Company, William Henry Louis
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Probably by W.H. Skeen & Co. Subjects = monsoons; Spalding Collection Location = Colombo; Western Province
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 335/7(49)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 335/7(49)
Title:
Diving boys, Colombo Harbour. Photographer: Skeen and Company, William Henry Louis
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events Five boys rowing in a roughly made canoe. Probably by W.H. Skeen & Co. Subjects = local craft; Spalding Collection; transport; water transport Location = Colombo; India; Western Province
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 335/7(50)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 335/7(50)
Title:
[Street scene], Colombo, [showing the studio of W.L.H. Skeen & Co]. Photographer: Skeen and Company, William Henry Louis
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Subjects = photographic studios; Spalding Collection; street scenes Location = Ceylon; Colombo; Sri Lanka; Western Province
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 335/7(51)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 335/7(51)
Title:
Fishing catamarans, Mount Lavinia, Ceylon. Photographer: Skeen and Company, William Henry Louis
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Subjects = catamarans; fishing boats; local craft; Spalding Collection; transport; water transport Location = Ceylon; Mount Lavinia; Sri Lanka; Western Province
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

6. 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

7. Photo 447/4(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 447/4(4)
Title:
Newera Eliya [and] Pedro Range [Ceylon]. Photographer: Skeen and Company, William Henry Louis
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Subjects = hill stations Location = Ceylon; Nuwara Eliya; Sri Lanka
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1900s
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 447/4(5)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 447/4(5)
Title:
Newera Eliya from old Dimbula Road [Ceylon]. Photographer: Skeen and Company, William Henry Louis
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View looking down onto Nuwara Eliya from the surrounding hills. Subjects = hill stations Location = Ceylon; Nuwara Eliya; Sri Lanka
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1900s
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 447/4(6)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 447/4(6)
Title:
Newera Eliya, the Race Course [Ceylon]. Photographer: Skeen and Company, William Henry Louis
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View looking towards the racecourse, with hills beyond. Subjects = hill stations; horse racing; racecourses; sports Location = Ceylon; Nuwara Eliya; Sri Lanka
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1900s
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 447/4(7)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 447/4(7)
Title:
[Waterfall, Ceylon.] Photographer: Skeen and Company, William Henry Louis
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Subjects = river scenes; waterfalls Location = Ceylon; Sri Lanka
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870s
Extent:
1 item