Ceylon Collection (page 4)

Plumbago preparation, Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
Plumbago (Leadwort) preparation, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Date: circa 1910

Chatham Street, Colombo, Ceylon (Sri Lanka), with a clock tower and lighthouse at the far end. Date: circa 1920

The ship Rangoon sinks, 1871
The P&O mail steamship Rangoon sinking after the removal of the passengers and crew. The ship was accidently run onto the rocks when leaving Galle harbour in Sri Lanka, where it eventually sank. 1871

Sri Lanka - Shiva the Destroyer and Reproducer and Peacock
Sri Lanka - Hindu God Shiva as the Destroyer and Reproducer. The Peacock beside him is that ridden by Saraswati, goddess of music and speech. Date: circa 1920s

Ancient Gem Cutter and Apprentice - Sri Lanka
Ancient Gem Cutter with his cutting and polishing tools and (his middle-aged!) Apprentice - Sri Lanka. Date: circa 1908

Sinhalese Devil Dancers - Sri Lanka. The Sinhalese (Sinhala, Sinhala Jathiya, Hela or Sinhale) are an Indo-Aryan ethnic group native to the island of Sri Lanka. Date: 1909

Cenotaph War Memorial, Galle Face Green, Colombo, Sri Lanka
The Cenotaph War Memorial built in the 1920s to remember both Ceylonese and Europeans from Ceylon who were killed in the World War I, was constructed at the Galle Face Green

Sri Lanka - Statue of Parakramabahu I (1153-1186), near the Potgul Vehera in Polonnaruwa - the majestic figure with solemn expression is holding a book (or yoke) in his hands

Sri Lanka - Sinhalese Government Peon. A peon in this region was mainly an attendant, orderly, office boy or person kept around for odd jobs. Date: circa 1910s

Chief from Kandy with family, Ceylon (Sri Lanka) circa 1890. Date: circa 1890

Buddhas Tooth and Golden Casket - Kandy, Sri Lanka
Buddhas Tooth and Golden Casket - housed at the Sri Dalada Maligawa (Temple of the Tooth) Kandy, Sri Lanka Date: circa 1909

Native group, Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
Native group outside a hut in Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Date: circa 1890s

Young man, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Date: circa 1890s

Two women and a man, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Date: circa 1890s

Traditional Fishing boat - Galle, Sri Lanka. Date: circa 1910s

Sri Lanka - An Early Chocolate Factory
Sri Lanka - An early Chocolate Factory - P. C. C. (Peradeniya Chocolite Company) Pure Chocolates & Confectionary. Date: circa 1910s

Tragulus javanicus, lesser mouse-deer
Plate 103 from the Loten Collection (1754-57), a painting by Pieter Cornelius de Bevere (1722-c. 1781). See image reference 6373 for manuscript relating to image

Statue of King Parakrama Bahu I, Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka
Statue of King Parakramabahu I (Parakramabahu the Great - 1123-1186) at Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka. Date: circa 1910s

Buddha at Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka
Statue of Buddha at Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka

Visit of the Prince of Wales to India - elephants
Visit of the Prince of Wales to India. Cover of the Special Supplement to the Illustrated London News, 8th January 1876. The Prince (later King Edward VII)

Grand Oriental Hotel, Colombo, Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
Grand Oriental Hotel, York Street, Colombo, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Date: circa 1910

Sinhalese village, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). The Sinhalese are an Indo-Aryan ethnic group native to the island, making up 75% of the total population. Date: circa 1920s

Scene on Wellawatte Canal, Colombo, Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
Scene on the Wellawatte Canal, suburb of Colombo, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Date: circa 1905

Kadugannawa Railway Station, Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
Aerial view (from Dawson Tower), Kadugannawa Railway Station, Kandy District, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Date: circa 1930

Street scene, Colpetty, Colombo, Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
Street scene, Colpetty (Kollupitiya), district of Colombo, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Date: circa 1910

Scene in Victoria Park, Colombo, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Date: circa 1910

New Rest House, Negombo, Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
Front view of New Rest House, Negombo, Western Province, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Date: circa 1940

Fort Frederick Gate, Trincomalee, Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
Gate inside Fort Frederick (Fort Fredrick, Fort of Triquillimale), Trincomalee, Eastern Province, Ceylon (Sri Lanka), dating back to the 17th century, with Portuguese and Dutch origins

Anuradhapura Hotel, Anuradhapura, Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
Anuradhapura Hotel, Anuradhapura, North Central Province, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Date: circa 1910s

Naval Hospital, Trincomalee, Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
Naval Hospital, Trincomalee, Eastern Province, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Date: circa 1908

Kandy Lake and Queens Hotel, Kandy, Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
Kandy Lake and Queens Hotel, Kandy, Central Province, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Date: circa 1910s

Typical village scene, Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
Typical village scene with ox-drawn cart, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Date: circa 1930s

Cinnamon Gardens, Colombo, Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
Cinnamon Gardens and Eye Hospital, suburb of Colombo, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Date: circa 1910

Princes Club, Colombo, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Date: circa 1910

Clock tower, Chatham Street, Colombo, Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
Clock tower and lighthouse, Chatham Street, Colombo, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Date: circa 1910

Tea plantation workers, Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
Tea plantation workers in the fields, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Date: circa 1930

Tea Estate and Factory, Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
General view, Tea Estate and Factory, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Date: circa 1930

Menu card, Sundae Tea Rooms, Colombo, Ceylon (Sri Lanka), offering fragrant Ceylon Tea, delicious ice creams and sundaes, iced fruit drinks, fancy cakes, dainty sandwiches, etc. Date: circa 1930

Romantic couple on boat, Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
Romantic couple on a boat, Ceylon (Sri Lanka), with verse. circa 1910

1st Btn Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders boarding HMS Ceylon
Photograph: 1st Btn Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders boarding HMS Ceylon, Hong Kong, August 1950 (at the same time as the 1st Btn Middlesex Regt. boarded the aircraft carrier Unicorn at Hong Kong)

Busy street scene, Colombo, Ceylon (Sri Lanka) circa 1890. Date: circa 1890

Sinhalese Buddhist Priests, Ceylon, Sri Lanka, circa 1880s. Date: circa 1880s

Sri Lanka - Devil Dancers. Date: circa 1910s

Sinhalese boy golf caddy, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Date: circa 1910

Tea plantation workers, Sri Lanka (Ceylon). Date: circa 1920s

Sinhalese man, and indigenous Vedda man from Sri Lanka.. Handcolored lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsches Complete Gallery of Peoples in True Pictures, Meissen, circa 1835-1840

Boy scouts on bicycles, Ceylon (Sri Lanka), WW2
Boy scouts on bicycles, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). They are collecting waste paper and old tins to help raise money for the War Fund, probably during the Second World War. Date: circa 1940s

Boy scouts at Jamboree, Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
Boy scouts enjoying an outdoor activity at a Jamboree in Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Date: 1952

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