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 ...
Colombo, from Galle Face. Photographer: Bourne and Shepherd
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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...
Cleaning & sorting coffee, Colombo. Photographer: Bourne and Shepherd
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Genre: Historical Events Group of female estate workers with baskets of coffee in courtyard in front of factory buildings. [Albumen print]. Subjects = coffee; coffee industry; women Location = Ceylon; Colombo; Sri Lanka; Western Province Photograph taken by Bourne and Shepherd in c.1870 o...
A gentleman's Bungalow, Colombo. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Historical Events European family and servants outside their bungalow. Subjects = British colonial architecture; bungalows; occupations; private houses; servants Location = Ceylon; Colombo; Sri Lanka; Western Province
A gentleman's Bungalow, Colombo. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Historical Events Subjects = British colonial architecture; bungalows; carriages; occupations; private houses; road transport; servants; transport Location = Ceylon; Colombo; Sri Lanka; Western Province
Native cocoa nut oil Press, Colombo. Photographer: Bourne and Shepherd
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Genre: Historical Events The print has been renumbered from 2074 to 2125. Subjects = coconut oil processing; industrial processes; machinery; presses Location = Ceylon; Colombo; Sri Lanka; Western Province
Coffee Estate: muster of hands, new clearing. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Historical Events Large group of labourers in front of a shed. The land in the background is undergoing deforestation in preparation for coffee planting. Subjects = coffee plantations Location = Ceylon; Sri Lanka
Kandy, from Arthur's Seat. Photographer: Bourne and Shepherd
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Genre: Landscape Photography The 'RC Church', 'Eng Church' and 'Temple of the Sacred Tooth' are identified at the top of the print. This print is numbered 2086 but the same view is listed as No 2131 in a later Bourne & Shepherd catalogue. Subjects = Location = Central Province; Ceylon;...