SKEEN & CO.

Views and portraits studies, Ceylon, 1880s

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SKEEN & CO.
Views and portraits studies, Ceylon, 1880s
Thirty-one albumen prints, twenty-seven approx. 9 x 11 in. or the reverse, four 4 x 6 in., several titled, numbered and/or credited in the negatives, mounted back-to-back on card, a few titled in ink on mounts. (31)

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Including two individual portraits of Singhalese women, one of snake-charmers (illus.), smiths at work, street views, river or lake scenes including one of a woman riding an elephant with two baby elephants beside, a village scene and a few architectural studies.

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