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Photo 364/15
- Record Id:
- 040-003069676
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003068801
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100025720789.0x00036c
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Photo 364/15
- Title:
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Zetland Collection: 'Ceylon 1952'. Photographer(s): Zetland, 2nd Marquess of
- Scope & Content:
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Black and blue half-leather album, 417 x 338 mm, containing mounted prints, numbered and captioned in Zetland's hand. Zetland has also typed out an account of his trip to Ceylon which is pasted in the front and back of the album. This includes a numbered list of the photographs which are referred to throughout his account. The trip was undertaken in December 1951; the party (Marquess of Zetland, Colonel John Biggle, Lady Viola Dundas, Countess Fitzwilliam and Maud (?)) arriving in Colombo on board the 'La Marseillaise' on 2nd January 1952 and returning to England on 19th February. The photographs are mainly architectural and topographical views including some general scenic views and street scenes: Print 1 Beach at Mount Lavinia. Print 2 Rock temple at Kaduwella. Print 3 Paddy field. Prints 4-20 Kandy including street scenes, a market and views of the Temple of the Tooth. Prints 21-24 Garden at Peradeniya. Prints 25-26 Views from Kandy. Print 27 Mountain scenery. Print 28 View from Kandy. Print 29 Mount Pedro path. Prints 30-35 Sunday market, Nuwara Eliya. Print 36 Mount Pedro path. Print 37 Horton Plains near the World's End. Print 38 Hakgala Peak. Print 39 Golf course, Nuwara Eliya. Print 40 Hakgala Peak. Prints 41-47 Trees and plants. Prints 48-49 Scrubb's Tea Plantation, Nuwara Eliya. Prints 50-52 At the World's End. Print 53 Temple of Gangarama, Kandy. Print 54 Silver dagoba at Bandarawella. Prints 55-56 Kandy bazaar. Prints 57-58 Entrance to the cave-temples at Dambulla. Prints 59-64 Views at Sigiri. Prints 65-72 Temple views at Polonnaruva. Print 73-79 Views at Mihintale. Prints 80- 93 Anuradhapura temples. Prints 94-97 Negombo views. Prints 98-100 Aden street scenes.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003068801
040-003069676 - Is part of:
- Photo 364 : Zetland Collection: Photographs recording the travels and career of Lawrence John Lumley Dundas, second marquess of Zetland.…
Photo 364/15 : Zetland Collection: 'Ceylon 1952'. Photographer(s): Zetland, 2nd Marquess of - Hierarchy:
- 032-003068801[0016]/040-003069676
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Photo 364
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Techniques:
- Gelatin Silver Print
Photograph
Photographic Print - Start Date:
- 1952
- End Date:
- 1952
- Date Range:
- Jan 1952-Feb 1952
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Dimensions: 118 mm x 102 mm to 162 mm x 216 mm
- Source of Acquisition:
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Deposited on permanent loan by the 3rd Marquess of Zetland, 1974
- Material Type:
- Photographs
- Legal Status:
- Not Known
- Names:
- Johnston and Hoffmann
- Subjects:
- Named Collections
Zetland Collection