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LL/80973
John Thomson
View of Ceylon
1862-1864 (ca)
Carte de visite
 
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Gift of the Hall Family Foundation, Object number: 2017.24.20
 
LL/80973

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LL/93379
William Louis Henry Skeen
Newara Eliya from top of the Pass
[Album compiled by the Reverend J N Dalton (1839-1931) and presented to King George V]
1881-1882
Albumen print
20.4 x 28.4 cm (image)
 
The Royal Collection
RCIN 2581368
 
LL/93379 [Further details available]

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LL/108007
Skeen & Co.
Brahma Temple, Colombo, Ceylon
1880 (ca)
Albumen print
7 x 9 in.
 
Archive Farms
The Patrick Montgomery Collection, Object No. 2012.456
 
LL/108007

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LL/46287
Charles Scowen
Le port de Colombo
1880 (ca)
Albumen print
18 x 25 cm
 
Photo Verdeau
 
LL/46287

4 of 23
LL/16240
Charles Scowen
Entrance to the Buddhist Temple, Kandy
1880-1895
Albumen print
 
Palinda Stephen de Silva Collection
 
LL/16240 [Further details available]

5 of 23
LL/58379
Scowen & Co.
Entrance to the Buddhist Temple in Kandy
1876 (ca)
Albumen print
22.4 x 28 cm
 
Museum für Ostasiatische / Museum of East Asian Art
P 551
 
LL/58379

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LL/16242
Unidentified photographer
The Colombo Club
1880-1895
Albumen print
 
Palinda Stephen de Silva Collection
 
LL/16242 [Further details available]

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LL/104413
Unidentified photographer
Old Kathiresan Temple, Sea Street, Ceylon
1890 (ca)
Albumen print
 
Private collection of Sergey Maximishin
 
LL/104413

8 of 23
LL/16245
Charles Scowen
The Hindu Temple, Colombo
1880-1895
Albumen print
 
Palinda Stephen de Silva Collection
 
LL/16245 [Further details available]

9 of 23
LL/16246
Charles Scowen
The Grand Mosque, Colombo
1880-1895
Albumen print
 
Palinda Stephen de Silva Collection
 
LL/16246 [Further details available]

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LL/56052
Unidentified photographer
Elephant hunting in Ceylon
1870
Albumen print
21,5 cm (diameter)
 
Bassenge Photography Auctions
Auction 104, 3 December 2014, 19th - 21st Century Photography, Lot: 4022
 
LL/56052 [Further details available]

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LL/122588
Unidentified photographer
Negumbo Canal, Ceylon
1880 (ca)
Albumen print
10 x 8 ins.
 
Archive Farms
The Patrick Montgomery Collection, Object No. 2011.308
 
LL/122588

12 of 23
LL/113732
Madame Del Tufo
N88 Native Clown (sadhu)
1905 (ca)
Photograph
11 x 14.5 cm
 
Private collection of Marc De Clercq
 
LL/113732

13 of 23
LL/91809
Herbert G. Ponting
The Botanical Gardens, Peradeniya [Ceylon]
1907 (ca)
Photograph
 
National Archives
Catalogue Reference: COPY 1/507/178
 
LL/91809

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LL/100336
A.W.A. Plate
Dancers casting out demons [Singals, Tamils. Sri Lanka (Ceylon) republic]
[Expedition G.Kh. (A.M.) and L.A. Mervart to Ceylon and India]
1900-1925
Photograph
 
Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography. Peter the Great (Kunstkamera) of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Museum number: MAE No. 3013-286
 
LL/100336

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LL/100338
A.W.A. Plate
Tamil Coolie is a rickshaw [Tamils. Sri Lanka (Ceylon) republic]
[Expedition G.Kh. (A.M.) and L.A. Mervart to Ceylon and India]
1900-1925
Photograph
 
Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography. Peter the Great (Kunstkamera) of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Museum number: MAE No. 3013-207
 
LL/100338

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LL/120448
Underwood & Underwood
Handling the deadly hooded cobra - Snake charmers, Colombo, Ceylon.
1901
Stereoview
 
Private collection of Tomasz Bielawski
 
LL/120448

17 of 23
LL/111654
Unidentified photographer
Cremation of a Buddhist Priest
n.d.
Postcard
 
Internet - Original source ill-defined
 
LL/111654

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LL/111653
Unidentified photographer
Brahmin's cremation, Ceylon
n.d.
Photograph
 
Private collection of Sergey Maximishin
 
LL/111653

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LL/80091
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Praying at the foot of Buddha, Sri Lanka
1949 (taken) 1980s (print)
Silver print
9 1/2 x 14 1/4 ins (24.1 x 36.2 cm) (image)
 
Swann Galleries - New York
Sale 2466, Icons & Images: Photographs & Photobooks, 15 February 2018, Lot: 110
 
LL/80091

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LL/94558
Joseph Lawton
Untitled [Youth in pith helmet]
[The Glasgow Photographic Association Album (1860-1880)]
1878 (or later, awards)
Carte de visite
 
University of Glasgow, Library
 
LL/94558

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LL/94559
Joseph Lawton
Backmark for "J. Lawton & Co., Kandy"
[The Glasgow Photographic Association Album (1860-1880)]
1878 (or later, awards)
Carte de visite, back
 
University of Glasgow, Library
 
LL/94559

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LL/107618
C. F. Robertson
Backmark for "C.F. Robertson, Photographic Artist. Ceylon."
1882 (handwritten)
Carte de visite, back
 
Private collection of John Robertson
 
LL/107618

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