SKEEN & CO.

Ceylon, 1880s

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SKEEN & CO.
Ceylon, 1880s
Album containing thirty-nine albumen prints, each approx. 8¼ x 10¾ in. or the reverse, the majority numbered and with photographers' credit in the negative, titled in pencil on verso, loosely inserted in pre-cut slits, titled in ink on mounts, half black morocco (lacking spine), ruled in gilt on front cover, oblong 4to.

Lot Essay

Views include Columbo Harbour, an image of an elephant working with the men to build a new post office, views on the way from Columbo to Kandy, several views around Kandy including street scenes, architectural studies, children bathing, a garden view; the ruins at Anaradkapara; a group portrait of natives in front of their huts, workers in the tea fields, and several individual portrait studies including a 'Tamil woman showing the different grades of tea leaves' (illus.), Buddhist priests, 'Kandian ladies', and Singhalese men and women.

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