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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Photo 1224 Material Type Photographs

101. Photo 1224/1(99)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1224/1(99)
Title:
Madura. Carved granite columns [Pudu Mandapa of the Minakshi Sundareshvara Temple]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
View along the facade of the Pudu Mandapa of the Minakshi Sundareshvara Temple, showing sculptured pillars depicting rearing mythical beasts.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s-1870s
Extent:
1 item

102. Photo 1224/1(100)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1224/1(100)
Title:
Ceylon. Colombo [sic, for Galle] Harbour [visited November 27th-30th and December 10th-13th 1877]. Photographer: Skeen and Company, William Henry Louis
Scope & Content:
View across the harbour at Galle, with shipping at anchor in the bay. Photograph uncredited, but probably by Skeen and Co.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

103. Photo 1224/1(101)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1224/1(101)
Title:
Ceylon. Colombo Harbour. Photographer: Skeen and Company, William Henry Louis
Scope & Content:
View looking seawards, with shipping at moorings beneath a cloudscape (possibly montaged). Photograph uncredited, but probably by Skeen and Co.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

104. Photo 1224/1(102)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1224/1(102)
Title:
Colombo [or Galle?]. Landing pier. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
View looking down onto the covered landing pier and harbour beyond, probably at Galle rather than Colombo as the caption states.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

105. Photo 1224/1(103)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1224/1(103)
Title:
Native fishing boat [Ceylon]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Oval image. View of an outrigger boat with two fishermen aboard, in a bay.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

106. Photo 1224/1(104)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1224/1(104)
Title:
Colombo. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
View looking south from the Fort area along the Galle Face Esplanade, with government buildings in the foreground and the ocean on the right.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

107. Photo 1224/1(105)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1224/1(105)
Title:
Colombo [?] Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
River or lake scene, with a roadway running along the bank on the left and buildings on the far side of the water. Titled as Colombo in the caption, but an uncertain identification.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

108. Photo 1224/1(106)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1224/1(106)
Title:
Singhalese women. Photographer: Scowen and Company, Charles T.
Scope & Content:
Full-length carte de visite size studio portrait of a Singhalese woman, her right hand resting on a small table. Photograph uncredited, but possibly by Scowen and Co.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

109. Photo 1224/1(107)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1224/1(107)
Title:
[Singhalese man.] Photographer: Scowen and Company, Charles T.
Scope & Content:
Full-length carte de visite size studio portrait of a Singhalese man, standing in left profile and holding a watering can in his left hand. Photograph uncredited, but possibly by Scowen and Co.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

110. Photo 1224/1(108)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1224/1(108)
Title:
The Club, Colombo. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
General view of the clubhouse on the Galle Face.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item