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111. Photo 451/5(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 451/5(1)
Title:
[Bungalow scene with elephants, possibly in Assam.] Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Original glass negative (with modern digital reference print) showing a European man standing in front of thatched two storey bungalow, with two elephants, howdahs and Indian servants. Location unknown, but probably photographed in Assam, and possibly a portrait...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1900
Extent:
1 item

112. Photo 475(71)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 475(71)
Title:
Adam's Peak from Laxapana Ferry, Maskeliya Valley, [Ceylon]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Distant view of Adam's Peak, with the river and ferry in foreground. On the far bank of the river is land newly cleared for a coffee plantation, with a bungalow in the distance. See also Photo 430/5 (6), for a larger format version of this image, clearly taken on th...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

113. Photo 1000/40(4200)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/40(4200)
Title:
View of cinchona under cultivation at Government Plantation no. 5, Rungbi, near Darjiling. Photographer: Simpson, Benjamin
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View looking along hillside, with gardener standing beside a cinchona tree: 'Chinchona succirubra. Portion of Plantation No. 5 at Rungbee near Darjeeling showing the tallest plant of C. succirubra age 2 years and 9 months. The head gardener in the picture is 5 feet ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
July 1867
Extent:
1 item

114. Photo 1000/53(5021)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/53(5021)
Title:
Establishment of coffee planter, Ceylon. Photographer: Fiebig, Frederick
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography European family seated at tea or coffee round a table in front of house and factory buildings, with domestic staff grouped around them. Hand-coloured salt print.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item

115. Photo 1098(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1098(2)
Title:
View from Mr Jenkins' coffee estate, Madoolseema, Ceylon. Photographer: Bourne and Shepherd
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View looking along the hillside towards mountains, with estate labourers at work in the foreground. Not included in the Bourne and Shepherd catalogue.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1872
Extent:
1 item

116. Photo 1113(17)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1113(17)
Title:
Paddy fields. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View looking towards rice paddy, with a wooden fence in the foreground. Original negative only, no print.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

117. Photo 1113(77)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1113(77)
Title:
Paddy [rice plants]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View of rice field; original negative only, no print.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

118. Photo 1113(159)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1113(159)
Title:
Thrashing Paddy. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View of thrashing paddy to separate cereals; original negative only, no print.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

119. Photo 1113(277)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1113(277)
Title:
Cocca nut. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Inscription: ! Broken cover-piece inside ! Coconut tree. View of coconut tree; original negative only, no print.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

120. Photo 1120/1(13)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1120/1(13)
Title:
Viphaima. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View looking across hillside planted out with rice in terraces.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1898
Extent:
1 item