CHARLES T. SCOWEN and possibly W. L. H. SKEEN & CO.

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CHARLES T. SCOWEN and possibly W. L. H. SKEEN & CO.

Portrait studies, Ceylon, circa 1880s

Eight albumen prints, each approx. 8½ x 11 in. or the reverse, one signed Scowen in the negative, titled and two numbered in pencil on verso, loosely inserted in pre-cut slits on thin card mounts, one with typed title on mount. (8)

Lot Essay

Portraits of a Tamil girl, a 'Sinhalese' woman, 'Veddahs the hill men of Ceylon' (illus.), a Kandy lady, 'a Sinhalese dholey', a vegetable merchant, and a group portrait of buddhist priests and Kandyan chiefs.

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