Los 4023

Ceylon
Scenes and portraits from colonial Ceylon

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Fotografie des 19. – 21. Jahrhunderts (Katalog nur online verfügbar)
Auktionsdatum 29.11.2025

Photographers: Joseph Lawton (active ca. 1870-1900), Scowen & Co. (active ca. 1870-1890), C.A. & C. (active ca. 1880-1900), and unknown. Scenes and portraits from colonial Ceylon. 1880s-1890s. 5 albumen prints and 1 collodion print. Each ca. 22 x 28 cm. Some with the photographer's studio information in the negative in lower margin.

A varied group of images documenting late 19th-century Ceylon under British rule. Subjects include a Kandyan royal entourage, Tamil women seated by a stone wall, a European overseer with plantation workers, and a lively street in Colombo. Architectural views feature the Grand Oriental Hotel, Colombo harbor with anchored ships, and the Jetavanaramaya stupa at Anuradhapura. – Some fading, especially around the edges, some handling creases, otherwise all in good to very good condition.