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1. Photo 92/17

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/17
Title:
Scott Collection: Photographs of the Ruined Cities of Ceylon. Photographer(s): Lawton, Joseph
Scope & Content:
Green buckram and half-leather bound album measuring 335 x 420 mm. The binding is in poor condition, with cloth lifting owing to damp and boards partially detached. The prints, however, are in generally fair condition, most mounted one to a page (recto only), with captions written in neat copper...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870-1871
Extent:
36 items

2. Photo 92/17(15)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/17(15)
Title:
Moorish Arabs [North Africa]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Studio portrait of two men. Poor condition, fading. [Albumen print, 137x215mm]. Subjects = Arabs; ethnic groups; Scott (Sir George) Collection
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870s
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 92/17(13)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/17(13)
Title:
Arab women [North Africa]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Arab woman posed with water jar on head, with two other women in background. Poor quality print. [Albumen print, 142x219mm]. Subjects = Arabs; ethnic groups; Scott (Sir George) Collection
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870s
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 92/17(14)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/17(14)
Title:
A sherbet seller (Arab). Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Studio portrait of a North African sherbet seller, his customer standing beside him drinking from a bowl. [Albumen print, 146x231mm]. Subjects = Arabs; ethnic groups; Scott (Sir George) Collection; sherbet sellers
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870s
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 92/17(24)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/17(24)
Title:
A group of Arabs. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Studio portrait group of two men and a child. [Albumen print, 145x222mm]. Subjects = Arabs; ethnic groups; Scott (Sir George) Collection
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 92/17(23)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/17(23)
Title:
An Arab Sheikh [North Africa]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Three-quarter length standing studio portrait of a man smoking a pipe. [Albumen print, 145x225mm]. Subjects = Arabs; ethnic groups; Scott (Sir George) Collection
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 92/17(35)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/17(35)
Title:
Religious dancers at the Bo-tree ceremonies [Anuradhapura]. Photographer: Lawton, Joseph
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length standing portrait of two costumed dancers. [Albumen print, 127x200mm]. Subjects = archaeological sites; dance; religion; religion (Buddhism); religious ceremonies; Scott (Sir George) Collection Location = Anuradhapura; Ceylon; North Central Pro...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870-1871
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 92/17(36)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/17(36)
Title:
Sluice of the Giritella Tank. Photographer: Lawton, Joseph
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Slightly distant view of water emerging from sluice. [Albumen print, 151x203mm]. Subjects = archaeological sites; irrigation systems; Scott (Sir George) Collection; tanks; water supplies Location = Ceylon; Giritella; North Central Province; Sri Lanka
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870-1871
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 92/17(34)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/17(34)
Title:
[Pillars of the (?)Dalada Maligawa, Anuradhapura.] Photographer: Lawton, Joseph
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Uncaptioned print, showing a European figure standing amongst a large group of plain, square-sectioned pillars, with two guardstones in the foreground. Location unidentified, possibly part of the Dalada Maligawa (although the numbers of pillars do not appear to ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870-1871
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 92/17(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 92/17(2)
Title:
The Brazen Palace...Ruanveli Dagaba behind [Anuradhapura]. Photographer: Lawton, Joseph
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View of the forest of standing pillars of the Brazen Palace or Lohapasada, with the Ruanveli Dagaba visible on the skyline in the background. The palace was so named from being roofed with copper tiles. The caption note reads in full: 'The Brazen Palace. These a...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870-1871
Extent:
1 item