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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Photo 1116 Material Type Photographs

131. Photo 1116/2(60)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1116/2(60)
Title:
Peradeniya Gardens, Kandy 1898 [caption on print reads: 'Dendrocalamus Giganteus (Giant Bamboo) 114']. Photographer: Colombo Apothecaries Company
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View of one of the massive stands of bamoos beside the Mahaweli Ganga in the Peradeniya Botanical Gardens. This is a photograph dating from the 1880s by Charles T. Scowen, whose stock was taken over by the Colombo Apothecaries Company in the 1890s. [Albumen print, ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item

132. Photo 1116/2(61)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1116/2(61)
Title:
Kandy 1898 [1880s]. Photographer: Colombo Apothecaries Company
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View looking along one of the walks beside the lake at Kandy. The photograph is signed 'Scowen' (the original photographer) in the negative, but also has the blind stamp of the Colombo Apothecaries Company, who took over his stock. [Albumen print, 277x215mm]. Sub...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

133. Photo 1116/2(62)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1116/2(62)
Title:
Peradeniya Gardens, Kandy, 1898. Photographer: Colombo Apothecaries Company
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View looking across a lake in the Botanical Gardens towards a stand of bamboos. Damaged print, with portion of emulsion missing. [Albumen print, 276x217mm]. Subjects = bamboos; botanical gardens; trees & plants Location = Ceylon; Peradeniya; Sri Lanka
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

134. Photo 1116/2(63)

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Photo 1116/2(63)
Title:
Satinwood Bridge, Peradeniya, 1898. Photographer: Colombo Apothecaries Company
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View of the Satinwood Bridge across the Mahaweli Ganga, showing the structure before the improvements of 1906 were undertaken. [Albumen print, 276x220mm]. Subjects = bridges; river scenes Location = Ceylon; Mahaweli Ganja (river); Peradeniya; Sri Lanka
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1890s
Extent:
1 item

135. Photo 1116/2(64)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1116/2(64)
Title:
Colombo Lake No. 32. Photographer: Colombo Apothecaries Company
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View looking along the lake towards the Galle Face Church. [Albumen print, 271x213mm]. Subjects = lakes Location = Ceylon; Colombo; Sri Lanka; Western Province
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

136. Photo 1116/2(65)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1116/2(65)
Title:
Tea estate factory, Ceylon, 1898. Photographer: Colombo Apothecaries Company
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography General view of factory buildings, with land in foreground planted out with tea bushes. [Albumen print, 276x216mm]. Subjects = tea; tea factories; tea plantations Location = Ceylon
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

137. Photo 1116/2(66)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1116/2(66)
Title:
Kandy, 1898. Photographer: Colombo Apothecaries Company
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View looking down onto the lake and oriental library. [Albumen print, 275x217mm]. Subjects = lakes Location = Central Province; Ceylon; Kandy; Sri Lanka
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

138. Photo 1116/2(67)

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Photo 1116/2(67)
Title:
Newara Eliya Lake and Hagala at back, 1898. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View at Nuwara Eliya, looking towards the lake, with Hagala peak beyond. [Albumen print, 276x218mm]. Subjects = Location = Ceylon; Nuwara Eliya; Sri Lanka
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

139. Photo 1116/2(68)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1116/2(68)
Title:
Wuchow, West River [with] S.S. Sainam. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View on the West River at Wu Chow, with the sternwheel river steamer 'Sainam' moored at the riverside. Prints 68-71 form a panoramic view of the river front at Wu Chow. [Hand-coloured albumen print, 280x203mm]. Subjects = hand-coloured prints; named vessels; padd...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1890
Extent:
1 item

140. Photo 1116/2(69)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1116/2(69)
Title:
Wu Chow, West River. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Riverside view of the West River at Wu Chow. Prints 68-71 form a panoramic view of the river front at Wu Chow. [Hand-coloured albumen print, 258x202mm]. Subjects = hand-coloured prints; panoramas; river scenes Location = China; Guangdong; West River (river); Wu...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1890
Extent:
1 item