Ceylon Scenery

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W.L.H. SKEEN & CO. (ACTIVE 1860-c.1920) AND OTHERS
Ceylon Scenery
Album of approximately 101 albumen and 18 Woodburytype prints. 1870s-80s. Varying sizes from 2 3/8 x 3 5/8in. (6 x 9.2cm.) to 8 5/8 x 10 5/8in. (21.9 x 27cm.) or the reverse. 16 numbered, 11 credited and 2 titled in the negative. Printed credit and title label affixed to front free endpaper. Black half leather, gilt.
Album size: 10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.)

Literature

See: British Council, Regeneration: A Reappraisal of Photography in Ceylon 1850-1900, pl. 23, for a variant.

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No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Lot Essay

Includes villlage and rural scenes, giant bamboos at Peradeniya, Colombo Harbour, Rambodda Falls and scenes in and around Kandy. Portraits include Kandian women, Tamil women and musicians and a Singhalese boy. Also includes 4 circular amateur snapshots of water scenes.

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