Los 4039

Ceylon
People and Landscapes of Ceylon

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Fotografie des 19. – 21. Jahrhunderts (Katalog nur online verfügbar)
Auktionsdatum 6.6.2026

Photographers: Scowen & Co. (active 1871-1890). People and landscapes of Ceylon. 1880s. 4 albumen prints, mounted to board. Each ca. 21 x 28 cm (mounts ca. 28 x 33 cm). Each numbered and titled in the negative in lower right corner.

This lot comprises late-19th-century photographs from colonial Ceylon (Sri Lanka), including a staged portrait of Vedda men, street scenes in Colombo (Colpetty and Maradana), and a view of the Dalada Maligawa (Temple of the Tooth) in Kandy.