Photograph album containing 107 inserts depicting European colonists and native people in Sri Lanka in the late 19th century and sacred places, monuments and landmarks. Items 11, 31, 106 and 107 are loose. The volume contains loose handwritten slips of paper, written later, containing speculative descriptions of some of the photographs.
Album of photographs depicting expeditions and colonial settlements in Sri Lanka in the 19th century
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Black and white negative of man walking, reed shack on landing between canals, one with small canoe
object | ARC/GUP/005/191/001
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Black and white medium format negative of men and bullocks crossing flat land with mountains in background
object | ARC/GUP/006/202
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Close up of village woman with headdress. Nankai village. April 10th.
object | ARC/BAL/004/138
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14th April. Daimon village. Performers lined up.
object | ARC/BAL/004/180
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