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51. Photo 210/1(51)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 210/1(51)
Title:
Snake charmers. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events Portrait of two snake charmers, probably photographed in India rather than Sri Lanka.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

52. Photo 210/1(52)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 210/1(52)
Title:
Galle Jewellers. Photographer: Bourne and Shepherd
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Four men standing round a table displaying jewellery. For another copy, see Photo 1224/1 (131) and for a carte-de-visite of the same group in a different pose, see Photo 127 (98). Photograph of four jewellers from Galle, Sri Lanka (Ceylon), displayin...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1872
Extent:
1 item

53. Photo 210/1(53)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 210/1(53)
Title:
Singhalese gentleman. Head servant at Queen's House, Galle. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Full-length standing portrait. Subjects = occupations; servants Location = Ceylon; Galle; Sri Lanka
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

54. Photo 210/1(54)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 210/1(54)
Title:
Singhalese modliar. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length seated portrait of a village headman. Subjects = ethnic groups; mudaliyars; Sinhalese; Sri Lankan office holders Location = Ceylon; Sri Lanka
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

55. Photo 210/1(55)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 210/1(55)
Title:
High Priest of Buddha, laid out before incremation. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events Body lies on a four-poster bed. Subjects = cremation; funerals; rites and customs Location = Ceylon; Sri Lanka
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

56. Photo 210/1(56)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 210/1(56)
Title:
Group of Singhalese clerks [with a European administrator]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events Subjects = clerks; ethnic groups; occupations; Sinhalese Location = Ceylon; Sri Lanka
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

57. Photo 210/1(57)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 210/1(57)
Title:
Singhalese children. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Stereoscopic view in a village. Subjects = ethnic groups; Sinhalese Location = Ceylon; Sri Lanka
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

58. Photo 210/1(58)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 210/1(58)
Title:
Ceylon Rifles [sitting in front of] Banana Trees. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Subjects = Ceylon Rifles; colonial forces; military (general) Location = Ceylon; Sri Lanka
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

59. Photo 210/1(59)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 210/1(59)
Title:
Near Galle. Photographer: Bourne and Shepherd
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography River scene with a girder bridge. Subjects = bridges Location = Ceylon; Galle; Sri Lanka Photograph of a river scene with a girder bridge near Galle in Sri Lanka (Ceylon), taken by Bourne and Shepherd in the 1860s. Galle, on the island's south-western coast is ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

60. Photo 210/1(60)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 210/1(60)
Title:
Colombo, from Galle Face. Photographer: Bourne and Shepherd
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View across a lake with figures, carts and animals in the foreground. This print is numbered 2075 but the same view is listed as No 2121 in a later Bourne & Shepherd catalogue. [Albumen print]. Subjects = Location = Ceylon; Colombo; Sri Lanka; Western Prov...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item