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Photo 475(71)
- Record Id:
- 040-003093786
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003093715
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100025910244.0x000b01
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Photo 475(71)
- Title:
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Adam's Peak from Laxapana Ferry, Maskeliya Valley, [Ceylon]. Photographer: Unknown
- Scope & Content:
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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 the same occasion and from an almost identical viewpoint.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003093715
040-003093786 - Is part of:
- Photo 475 : Scadden Collection: Prince of Wales' Tour of India 1875-76. Photographer(s): Stretton, William George
Photo 475(71) : Adam's Peak from Laxapana Ferry, Maskeliya Valley, [Ceylon]. Photographer: Unknown - Hierarchy:
- 032-003093715[0071]/040-003093786
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Photo 475
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Techniques:
- Albumen Print
Photograph
Photographic Print
Silver Printing-Out Paper Print - Start Date:
- 1870
- End Date:
- 1879
- Date Range:
- 1870s
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Appointment Required to view these records. Please consult Asian and African Studies Print Room staff.
- Physical Characteristics:
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Dimensions: 140 mm x 217 mm
Format: Photograph Album
Secondary Support: Card
- Material Type:
- Photographs
- Legal Status:
- Not Known
- Subjects:
- Agriculture
Beverage Industry
Bodies Of Water
Coffee Industry
Coffee Plantations
Farms
Fords & River Crossings
Industry
Plantations
Rivers - Places:
- Central Province, Adam's Peak, Maskeliya Valley, Sri Lanka, Asia, Ceylon, South Asia