| Title |
India, Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka] and Singapore |
| Reference |
GBR/0115/Y3022U |
| Creator |
Unknown |
| Covering Dates |
1860–1889 |
| Extent and Medium |
59 images in 1 album; All items are in good condition unless otherwise specified. |
| Repository |
Cambridge University Library: Royal Commonwealth Society Library |
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| Content and context |
An album of albumen prints probably taken in the 1880s by varied photographers including Bourne and Shepherd, W L H Skeen and Co. and G.R. Lambert & Co. Numbers 1-39 are of India; 40-51 of Ceylon; and 52-59 of Singapore. Numbers at the end of individual photograph entries refer to the photographers' catalogue numbers. |
Access and Use
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Please cite as Cambridge University Library: Royal Commonwealth Society Library, India, Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka] and Singapore, Y3022U |
| Further information |
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This volume forms part of a group of albums containing images from many parts of the world. The others in the group can be found at Y302B, Y30377A, Y3039A, Y305D and Y307A. They appear to be the collection of a widely travelled individual, but nothing definite is known about their origin.
Indexed
This description was entered by MJC.
This collection is available on microfiche: South Asia, fiche number 48-50.
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| Index Terms |
| Asia |
| India |
| Pakistan |
| Singapore |
| Sri Lanka |
| RCS/Y3022U contains: |
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1
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The Black Hole, Calcutta. 234 x 286 mm. View showing an Indian sitting in front of the stone pavement which locates the site of the Black Hole of Calcutta. Beyond this, above an arched gateway is a plaque reading: 'The stone pavement close to this / marks the position and size of the / prison cell in Old Fort William known in / history as the "Black Hole" of Calcutta'. This memorial stands in a courtyard of the Calcutta General Post Office and was erected in 1884 after researches by Roskell Baines of the East Indian Railway led him to believe that this was the correct site. Subsequently research removed the location by only a few feet and in 1901 Lord Curzon caused a polished black marble pavement, fenced off by iron railings, to be placed at the spot, with a lengthier inscription on the Post Office wall above (see Y3022AA/26). He also had the brick and stucco gateway, which obscured the site from the street outside, taken down and replaced by an open iron gate and railings (for a fuller account see Lord Curzon of Kedlestoffi, 'British Government in India' (2 vols, London, 1925) vol I. pp. 150-155). Photograph probably taken soon after the plaque was erected, since the new plaster work is clearly visible.
Creator: Bourne and Shepherd.
Fairish condition, some fading along top and bottom edges.. |
1884 |
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2
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Burra Bazaar, Calcutta. 237 x 290 mm. . Duplicate of Y3022BB/55. No. 2589B.
Creator: Bourne and Shepherd.
Fading and staining along top and bottom edges.. |
1880–1889 |
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3
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Bathing on the Hoogly, Calcutta. 291 x 237 mm. View at Mullick's Bathing Ghat on the Strand Road looking north along the east bank of the Hooghly towards moored vessels. In the foreground the scene is crowded with Indians bathing, drawing water and washing clothes. For another view of the ghat see Y3022BB/46. No. 2499F.
Creator: Bourne and Shepherd. |
1880–1889 |
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4
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Burning ghat, Calcutta. 292 x 214 mm. View looking along the open courtyard at Nimtollah Ghat in north Calcutta. Various figures stand in the courtyard, while in the centre are two pyres where bodies are being burned. Four figures are also posed with a wrapped corpse laid on a crude stretcher. For another view, see Y3022BB/47. No. 2723E.
Creator: Bourne and Shepherd. |
1880–1889 |
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5
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Banian tree at the Botanical Gardens, Calcutta. 312 x 188 mm. General view of the famous banyan tree in the gardens. No. 2579B.
Creator: Bourne and Shepherd. |
1880–1889 |
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6
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View from High Court, Calcutta. 282 x 205 mm. View from the roof of the High Court on Esplanade Row West looking eastwards across the city. At the right is the Maidan, with the Government House gardens running across the centre of the print and the Ochterlony Monument beyond. The Maidan is bounded at its eastern end by Chowringhee Road which can be seen here as far as the Indian Museum (extreme right of print, background). At the left of the print are the buildings along the Esplanade: the Town Hall immediately next to the High Court, beyond that the Treasury and on the farther side of Government Place West, Government House and its gardens. At the far end of the Esplanade, where it meets Chowringhee Road and Dhurrumtollah Road, is the Dhurrumtollah Tank, filled in at the turn of the century to become the Curzon Gardens. In the foreground, in front of the Town Hall is the statue by Richard Westmacott of Lord William Bentinck, Governor-General of India 1828-35. No. 2599.
Creator: Bourne and Shepherd. |
1880–1889 |
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7
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Through the Terai by D.H.R. [Darjeeling-Himalayan Railway]. 241 x 190 mm. View looking along a section of line running through jungle.
Creator: Bourne and Shepherd. |
1880–1889 |
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8
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Agony Point - Lundana Loop, Darjeeling Railway. 291 x 237 mm. Showing a section of the line where the track makes a complete loop to cope with the tortuous nature of the hills. A locomotive with freight cars and open-sided passenger wagons is in the process of negotiating the curve. Before the construction of the hill railway, travellers bound for Darjeeling could take a train on the Eastern Bengal Railway as far as Siliguri, but then had to make a roundabout journey by bullock cart and boat to reach the hill station fifty miles to the north. The line up to Darjeeling, on a 2 ft gauge was built in 1880-85, with a ruling gradient for the greater part of the line of 1 in 25.
Creator: Bourne and Shepherd. |
1880–1889 |
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9
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The River Teesta, Darjeeling District. 292x 239 mm. View looking down on the river and surrounding jungle-covered hillside. Photographer unknown, possibly Bourne and Shepherd. |
1880–1889 |
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10
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Bandstand, Darjeeling. 286 x 231 mm. View looking north along the Mall towards the small bandstand, with the Exchange and New Medical Hall in the left foreground. No. 1875.
Creator: Bourne and Shepherd. |
1880–1889 |
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11
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The Snows from Sandakfoo. 307 188 mm. View looking north towards the Himalayas from Sandakfoo (or Sundukpho) some fifteen miles from Darjeeling. No. 1898.
Creator: Bourne and Shepherd. |
1880–1889 |
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12
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[The Rock of Trichinopoly from the Old Palace of the Nawab of the Carnatic]. 319 x 189 mm. View from the Nawab's Palace looking across the town towards the famous rock fortress.
Creator: Bourne, Samuel, 1834-1912, photographer. |
1865–1869 |
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13
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The Palace, Lahore Gate, Delhi. 278 x 212 mm. Duplicate of Y3022D/2. No. 1349.
Creator: Bourne, Samuel, 1834-1912, photographer.
Fair condition, slight fading.. |
1860–1869 |
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14
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Tomb of Nizam-ood-Deen, Delhi. 293 x 217 mm. General view of the tomb. No. 1364.
Creator: Bourne, Samuel, 1834-1912, photographer. |
1860–1869 |
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15
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The Palace, Delhi, interior of Dewan-i-Kass. 298 x 232 mm. Duplicate of Y3022D/3. No. 1350.
Creator: Bourne, Samuel, 1834-1912, photographer. |
1860–1869 |
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16
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The Jumma Musjid, Delhi. 285 x 205 mm. View looking across the quadrangle towards the mosque itself. No. 1355.
Creator: Bourne, Samuel, 1834-1912, photographer. |
1860–1869 |
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17
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The Taj from Fountain, Agra. 297 x 237 mm. View looking along the garden towards the Taj Mahal. No. 1077.
Creator: Bourne, Samuel, 1834-1912, photographer. |
1860–1869 |
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18
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The Taj from River, Agra. 294 x 235 mm. View from a ghat on the bank of the Jumma looking towards the Taj Mahal. No. 1078.
Creator: Bourne, Samuel, 1834-1912, photographer. |
1860–1869 |
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19
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Mausoleum of Prince Etmad-Dewlah, Agra. 293 x 212 mm. Duplicate of Y3022D/25. No. 1232.
Creator: Bourne, Samuel, 1834-1912, photographer. |
1860–1869 |
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20
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The Fort, Ummer Sing Gate, Agra. 319 x 196 mm. Duplicate of Y3022D/18 and QM 4/44. No. 1218.
Creator: Bourne, Samuel, 1834-1912, photographer. |
1860–1869 |
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21
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Gate of the Hooseinabad, Lucknow. 295 x 233 mm. Similar view to Y3022L/52. Duplicate at Y3022B/122. No. 1148.
Creator: Bourne, Samuel, 1834-1912, photographer.
Fair condition, slight overall yellowing.. |
1860–1869 |
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22
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Principal street in Jeypore. 285 x 204 mm. |
1880–1889 |
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23
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The Banqueting Hall, Lucknow. 295 x 236 mm. General view of the Banqueting Hall in the Residency compound at Lucknow. The building was used as a hospital during the Siege of Lucknow. No. 2600.
Creator: Bourne and Shepherd. |
1870–1889 |
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24
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Great Emambara & Mosque, Lucknow. 295 x 212rnm. Duplicate of Y3022G 75. No. 1052.
Creator: Bourne, Samuel, 1834-1912, photographer. |
1860–1869 |
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25
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Lahore from Wuzeer Khan's Mosque. 292 x 218 mm. View looking (?westwards) across the rooftops of the town, with a minaret of the mosque in the right foreground. No. 420.
Creator: Bourne and Shepherd. |
1870–1889 |
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26
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Interior of Zenana in Fort, Agra. 295 x 237 mm. Duplicate of Y3021D/20. No. 1224.
Creator: Bourne, Samuel, 1834-1912, photographer. |
1860–1869 |
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27
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Palace from the Lake, Umbere. 305 x 189 mm. View looking up towards the walls of the old palace. The capital of Jaipur from the 11th century until 1728, the palace is situated on the hillside above Amber Lake and was built by Rajah Man Singh. Construction started in around 1600 and was completed by Jay Singh I (1625-66). In the background further up the hill, can be seen the old Fort. No. 2313.
Creator: Bourne and Shepherd.
Fairish condition, some overall fading.. |
1870–1889 |
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28
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Hindoo ladies. 240 x 293 mm. Studio portrait of three seated women: full length, full face. Photographer unknown, possibly Bourne and Shepherd, no. 26954. |
1870–1889 |
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29
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Great Pagoda and Stone Bull, Tanjore. 319 x194 mm. View from near the entrance to the quadrangle looking towards the Great Stone Bull (see Y3022E/36), with massive Vimana of the temple beyond. No. 2045.
Creator: Bourne, Samuel, 1834-1912, photographer. |
1860–1869 |
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30
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[Street view in Tanjore, with carved wooden car, 1860s]. 321 x 188 mm. View looking along the street, with the carved stone representation of a wooden car in the right foreground and a goparam (entrance gateway) beyond. No. 2040.
Creator: Bourne, Samuel, 1834-1912, photographer. |
1860–1869 |
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31
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Ramisseram [Ramevaram] Temple. 273 x 217 mm. View of the central corridor in the great temple of Ramesvaram, 90 miles SE of Madura and built around the 14th century. Photograph by W.L.H. Skeen and Co., probably part of the series of 18 views of the temple advertised by the firm in the Mercantile and Planting Directory 1891-92, although views of the area had been offered for sale by Skeen & Co. since at least 1880.
Creator: W L H Skeen and Co. |
1870–1889 |
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32
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[Mundapum, with facade of carved stone horses]. 293 x 235 mm. Duplicate of Y3022E/45, Y3022B/106, Y3022G/S3. No. 2064.
Creator: Bourne, Samuel, 1834-1912, photographer. |
1860–1869 |
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33
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[Hindu girl with sitar]. 216 x 270 mm. Photographer unknown, probably W.L.H. Skeen & Co. |
1880–1889 |
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34
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The Great Mosque of Aurungzebe, Benares. 291x 239 mm. An almost identical composition to Samuel Bourne's photograph of the scene (see Y3022D/31) but taken some years later and allocated Bourne's old number. No. 1168.
Creator: Bourne, Samuel, 1834-1912, photographer. |
1880–1889 |
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35
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The Memorial Well, Cawnpore. 286 x 235 mm. View looking across the gardens towards the Memorial Well. Duplicate of Y3022D/35. No. 1205.
Creator: Bourne, Samuel, 1834-1912, photographer. |
1860–1869 |
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36
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[Gyan Bepte, or Well of Knowledge, Benares]. 239 x 288 mm. Duplicate of Y3022D/33 and Y3022B/134. No. 1173.
Creator: Bourne, Samuel, 1834-1912, photographer.
Fair condition, some fading.. |
1860–1869 |
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37
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[Sensation Rock, Colombo-Kandy Railway]. 216 x 275 mm. Duplicate of Y303E/90. This print shows more of the surrounding rockface.
Creator: W L H Skeen and Co.
Fair condition, some fading.. |
1860–1879 |
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38
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[The car of Juggernaut]. 278 x 232 mm. View of the massive wooden trolley on which the idol is paraded. Photographer unknown, possibly Skeen & Co.
Fair condition, some fading.. |
1880–1889 |
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39
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Suttee Chowra Ghat, Cawnpore. 319 x 187 mm. View looking along the riverbank towards the Sati Chaura Ghat, the landing place on the Ganges north of Wheeler's Entrenchment at Cawnpore where on 27 June 1857 the British garrison were ambushed and massacred after having been promised safe passage out of the town. Behind the landing place itself is a hexagonal temple dedicated to Shiva. See also Y3022L/31. No. 1208.
Creator: Bourne, Samuel, 1834-1912, photographer. |
1860–1869 |
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40
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[Giant bamboos at Peradeniya Botanical Gardens]. 266 x 216 mm. Showing a huge clump of Dendrocalamus giganteus growing on the bank of the Mahawalia Ganga in Peradeniya Botanical Gardens. A figure is posed at the base as an indication of scale. The largest of the bamboo family and attaining a height of 100-120 feet, this species is a native of Burma and was introduced into the gardens in 1858.
Creator: W L H Skeen and Co. |
1880–1889 |
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41
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Giant bamboos [Peradeniya Botanical Gardens]. 275 x 215 mm. Close up view of the trunks of a clump of giant bamboos, with a figure posed beside the trees.
Creator: W L H Skeen and Co. |
1880–1889 |
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42
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Skinner's Road, Colombo. 275 x 215 mm. View looking along Skinner's Road, an unsurfaced tree lined thoroughfare at the E side of the central portion of Colombo and running N to S in an arc from the harbour to the lake.
Creator: W L H Skeen and Co. |
1880–1889 |
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43
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Kandy. 276 x 215 mm. View looking W along Colombo Street, Kandy, a commercial thoroughfare lined with small shops in the centre of the town.
Creator: W L H Skeen and Co. |
1880–1889 |
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44
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Buddhist temple, Kandy. 273 x 217 mm. Showing the interior of the temple, a long room with a low sloping roof, filled with various images. Location unidentified, but this may show the interior of the rock temple at Damballa, 38 miles N of Kandy.
Creator: W L H Skeen and Co. |
1880–1889 |
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45
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Fishing canoe (catamaran), Ceylon. 277 x 216 mm. Showing a group of fishermen posed on and beside an outrigger catamaran drawn up on a palm-fringed beach.
Creator: W L H Skeen and Co. |
1880–1889 |
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46
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Tea garden, Ceylon. 278 x 217 mm. View looking along a valley, with hillsides planted out with tea, and estate buildings in the background. The land on the further hillside has been recently cleared and is not yet planted out. Photograph probably by W.L.H. Skeen & Co.
Fair condition, some fading.. |
1880–1889 |
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47
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Rhodia girl (tea garden labor), Ceylon. 217 x 275 mm. Half length, full face portrait of Singhalese girl of the Rodiya caste. Photograph probably by W.L.H. Skeen & Co.
Fair condition, fading along top and bottom edges.. |
1880–1889 |
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48
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Within the gates of the temple: the god Siva, Brahmins, &c. 275 x 218 mm. Showing Brahmins and a fakir posed beside two carved images, one of the god Siva (in jewelled armour and carrying a bow and arrow) and one of a peacock. Photograph by W.L.H. Skeen & Co.
Creator: W L H Skeen and Co. |
1870–1889 |
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49
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[Spectators in the elephant kraal grandstand]. 216 x 270 mm. Duplicate of Y3022L/128. Photograph probably by W.L.H. Skeen & Co., who advertise 'A series of photographs illustrating scenes and incidents of the elephant kraals of 1870 and 1882, including herds of wild elephants in the jungle (believed to be the first ever photographed)' in the almanac for 1885.
Fair condition, fading along top and bottom edges.. |
1870–1882 |
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50
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[View of Nuwera Eliya from the Rambodda Pass]. 273 x 216 mm. This is probably among the studies shown by Skeen at the Melbourne Exhibition of 1880.
Creator: W L H Skeen and Co. |
1870–1879 |
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51
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[Sunset off Colombo]. 275 x 215 mm. View from the beach looking out towards the setting sun, with a fishing boat under sail silhouetted in the distance. The firm of Skeen & Co. made something of a speciality of pictorial and 'instantaneous' (viz., short exposures of around a second) views such as this, advertising from around 1880 pictures of 'The grandeur of the sea, breaking waves, and massive clouds, photographed instantaneously rendered with fine effect. These, with our MOONLIGHT SERIES, are studies in themselves' J. Ferguson's Ceylon almanac 1880-81, advert. pl. xx. This photograph is probably one of the series that was shown at the Melbourne Exhibition of 1880 and favourably remarked upon. |
1870–1879 |
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52
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Collyer Quay, Singapore. 274 x 207 mm. View from Johnston's Pier (see BAM 10/39) looking west along the waterfront towards Gilfillan's Wood and coaling jetty. Waterfront buildings unidentified. Photographer unknown, probably G.R. Lambert & Co. |
1880–1889 |
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53
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The cricket pavilion, Singapore. 272 x 206 mm. View looking across the Esplanade with part of the Cricket Clubhouse at the left. The building seen here, a two storied construction of wrought iron was erected in 1884 and was the third clubhouse to occupy the site. It was rebuilt in 1907. Photographer unknown, probably G.R. Lambert & Co.
Fair condition, slight overall fading.. |
1880–1889 |
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54
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Fan palms, Singapore. 274 x 206 mm. Showing fan palms growing in a garden, with a two storied verandahed house in the background. Photographer unknown, probably G.R. Lambert & Co. |
1880–1889 |
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55
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Street in Singapore. 268 x 211 mm. View looking along an unidentified street in the Chinese quarter of Singapore. Photographer unknown, probably G.R. Lambert.
Fair condition, some fading.. |
1880–1889 |
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56
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In the Botanical Gardens, Singapore. 274 x 206 mm. View looking across lawns and paths near the lake in the Botanical Gardens. Photographer unknown, probably G.R. Lambert & Co. |
1880–1889 |
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57
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Lake in the Botanical Gardens, Singapore. 274 x 206 mm. Photographer unknown, probably G.R. Lambert & Co. |
1880–1889 |
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58
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Singapore from Mount Palmer. 271 x 207 mm. View looking NE from Mount Palmer along the waterfront of Telok Ayer towards the centre of the town, with shipping anchored in the roadstead to the right. Johnston's Pier (see BAM 10/39) can be just made out in the distance. The photograph is particularly interesting in that it shows land reclamation work in progress at Talok Ayer in the foreground. This reclamation was approved by the Secretary of State in 1879 and the work completed eight years later. Photographer unknown, probably G R. Lambert & Co. |
1880–1889 |
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59
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The fruits of Singapore. 244 x 193 mm. Still life of an arrangement of tropical fruits. Photograph by G.R. Lambert &Co. |
1880–1889 |
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