Genre: Landscape Photography Subjects = Curzon Collection; talipot palms; trees & plants Location = Ceylon; Sri Lanka Photograph of a Talipot Palm, in seed, with rice paddies in the distance, taken by an unknown photographer in Sri Lanka in the 1880s. The Talipot Palm (Corypha Umbraculi...
Clump of Bamboos in Peradenia Gardens, near Kandy. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Landscape Photography Subjects = bamboos; Curzon Collection; trees & plants Location = Ceylon; Peradeniya; Sri Lanka Photograph of a clump of bamboos in Peradeniya Gardens near Kandy, Sri Lanka, taken by an unknown photographer in the 1880s. Established by the British in 1821, th...
Lake and Temple of the Sacred Tooth (Dalada Vihara) at Kandy. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Architectural Photography View of the temple from the opposite shore. Subjects = Curzon Collection; Sri Lankan architecture; Sri Lankan architecture (Buddhist); temples Location = Central Province; Ceylon; Kandy; Sri Lanka Photograph taken in the 1880s by an unknown photographer, of...
Genre: Landscape Photography Distant view of Adam's Peak from the Maskeliya Valley, with the river and the Laxapana ferry in foreground. On the far bank of the river is land newly cleared and planted out with coffee, with a bungalow in the distance. See also Photo 475 (71), for a smaller format...
Temple over the Sacred Footprint on the summit of Adam's Peak. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Architectural Photography Subjects = Curzon Collection; Sri Lankan architecture; Sri Lankan architecture (Buddhist); temples Location = Ceylon; Sri Lanka Photograph of the small Buddhist temple at the summit of Adam's Peak in Sri Lanka, taken by an unknown photographer in the 1880s. ...
Maha Vihara. Buddhist Rock-temple at Dambool. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Architectural Photography View of the interior. Subjects = Buddha images; Curzon Collection; interiors; rock-cut temples; Sri Lankan architecture; Sri Lankan architecture (Buddhist); temples Location = Ceylon; Dambulla; North Central Province; Sri Lanka Photograph of the interior of...
Genre: Architectural Photography Subjects = Curzon Collection; dagabas (stupas); Sri Lankan architecture; Sri Lankan architecture (Buddhist); stupas Location = Anuradhapura; Ceylon; North Central Province; Sri Lanka Photograph of Ruanweli (Golden Dust) Dagoba at Anuradhapura in Sri Lanka, t...
Abayagiria (Fortress of Safety) Dagoba, Anurajapura. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Architectural Photography Subjects = Curzon Collection; dagabas (stupas); Sri Lankan architecture; Sri Lankan architecture (Buddhist); stupas Location = Anuradhapura; Ceylon; North Central Province; Sri Lanka Photograph of the Abhayagiri dagoba at Anuradhapura in Sri Lanka, taken by ...