JOSEPH LAWTON

Ruines de Pollonarua - Ceylon', circa 1870

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JOSEPH LAWTON
Ruines de Pollonarua - Ceylon', circa 1870
Four albumen prints, each approx. 8 3/8 x 11 in., two signed Lawton in the negatives, titled in French in pencil on verso, loosely mounted at corners on grey paper, three titled in ink on mounts. (4)

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Titles where given are as follows: 'Ruines de Pollonarua - Ceylon - Le Bouddha da Gal Vibara', 'Gal Vibara - Grande statue de Bouddha couché - (14 mètres de longueur) sculpture dans le granit - règne de Trakzama Baba...Pollonarua Ceylon', 'Ruines à Tollonarua - Ceylon' and 'The Walà dágé. Principal approach from the north - Polonarura (sic)'.

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