ZANGAKI, SCOWEN & CO., APOTHECARIES CO. LTD. (Ceylon), FRANCIS FRITH & CO. and others

Egypt, Ceylon and Britain, 1880s-90s

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ZANGAKI, SCOWEN & CO., APOTHECARIES CO. LTD. (Ceylon), FRANCIS FRITH & CO. and others
Egypt, Ceylon and Britain, 1880s-90s
Album containing thirty albumen prints and thirty-five photomechanical prints, sizes from 5 x 7 in. to 8¾ x 11 in. or the reverse, the majority titled and/or numbered and with photographer's credit in the negatives, four with blindstamp Apothecaries Co. Ltd. Photographers Colombo, Ceylon on recto, half black morocco (lacking spine), ruled in gilt, 4to.

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Portraits of men on camels, water-carriers, a shop-keeper, women with their children, a group portrait of children in traditional dress; five jungle studies in Ceylon, a portrait of a Kandyan chief and various views and architectural studies around Britain.

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