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Sir Alex. Johnston - 1Sir ALEXANDER JOHNSTON Statesman, president of her majestys council on Ceylon. Date: 1775 - 1849
Sir Alex. Johnston - 2Sir ALEXANDER JOHNSTON Statesman, when chief justice of the admiralty court in the island of Ceylon. Date: 1775 - 1849
Galle Harbour, Ceylon. Nicholl, Andrew 1804 - 1886
Sri Lanka - Colombo - Hindu Juggernaut ProcessionHindu Juggernaut Procession - Ceremony at Colombo, Sri Lanka. The word juggernaut is derived from the Sanskrit Jagannatha (meaning Lord of the universe)
Grand Oriental Hotel, Colombo, Sri Lanka Date: circa 1910s
Entrance to Queens House, Fort, Colombo, Sri LankaQueen Street, showing the entrance to Queens House, Fort, Colombo, Sri Lanka. Date: circa 1910s
Street Scene - Pettah, Colombo, Sri LankaStreet Scene - Pettah, a neighbourhood in Colombo, Sri Lanka located east of the City centre Fort. The Pettah neighbourhood is famous for its open air bazaars and markets. Date: circa 1905
Sri Lanka - Hindu Temple, Colombo Date: circa 1910s
Tamil Musicians, Sri Lanka. Date: circa 1910s
The shore at Mouth Lavinia, Colombo, Sri Lanka. Date: early 1910s
Sri Lankan Hearse - on way to a cremation. Date: circa 1910s
British Empire Exhibition, Wembley - Hong Kong Pavilion Date: 1924
Sri Lanka - Isurumuniya Temple, Anuradhapura. The temple was built by King Devanampiya Tissa who ruled in the ancient Sri Lankan capital of Anuradhapura. Date: circa 1910s
Tame working elephants bathing - Sri Lanka Date: 1937
Exporting Ceylon Tea at Colombo Docks - Sri Lanka Date: circa 1920s
Women picking tea - Sri Lanka Date: circa 1920s
Lady Havelock Hospital, Colombo, Sri Lanka Date: circa 1904
Sri Lanka - Villager in his dugout canoe Date: circa 1910s
Ceylon (Sri Lanka) - Colombo - Tram. The writing on this card is rather amusing: " Excuse me sending no letter - news is so scarce and there is nothing worth writing about." Date: 1905
Tree fern, Sri LankaA tree fern photographed in Sri Lanka by Harry Taylor
Philautus maia, shrub frog
Yellow sapphire from Sri Lanka, 101 carats. Acquired by the museum in 1874
Padparadscha is one of the most unusual varieties of the mineral corundum
Blue sapphireSri Lankan specimen of blue sapphire. A rare example of the uncut material
Specimens (including butterflies) from the Paul Hermann CollSpecimens from the Paul Hermann collection of five volumes of specimens and drawings from Sri Lanka (Ceylon) 1672-1677. Held at The Natural History Museum, London
Lizard, Sri LankaA lizard resting on a fern in Sri Lanka, photographed by Harry Taylor
Euselates sp. rose chafer beetleA colourful rose chafer beetle photographed in Sri Lanka. Chafer beetles have a characteristic V-shape where their wings meet and are a member of the same family as dung beetles
Michalia champaca, champakaChampaka trees in the upper montane rainforest in Horton Plains National Park, Sri Lanka
Siler semiglaucus, jumping spiderA close-up head-on view of the four eyes and fangs of the jumping spider (Siler semiglaucus) from Sri Lanka
Calotes calotes, agamid lizardThis agamid lizard is very common in gardens of the wet zone in Sri Lanka
Nephilengys malabarensis, orb-web spiderA tropical orb-weaving spider (Nephilengys malabarensis) on its web, photographed in Sri Lanka
Gilimale Forest Reserve, Sri LankaDense foliage in Gilimale Forest Reserve, north of Rathnapura, Sri Lanka
Scientists in Sri LankaScientist searching for apple snails in a drain at Kabugannawa, Sri Lanka. Scientists on a trip that was part of a programme funded by the Darwin Initiative
Auchenorrhynchan bug, true bugAn example of an auchenorrhynchan bug or true bug from the Sinharaja rainforest, Sri Lanka
Ortocryptis weigmani, lizardA young lizard. This lizard is widely distributed in the forested parts of the lowlands, Sri Lanka
Upper montane rainforest, Sri LankaView looking north from Pattipola road to Horton Plains National Park, Sri Lanka
Horton Plains National Park, Sri Lanka
Michalia champaca, champaka treeA view of a champaka tree, upper montane rainforest in Horton Plains National Park, Sri Lanka
Millipedes are common on the rainforest floor in Sri Lanka. This specimen belongs to the family Julidae
Montane rainforest canopy, Sri LankaView of montane rainforest canopy, The Peak Wilderness between Balangoda and Bogowantalawa, Sri Lanka
Musa x paradisiaca L. bananaA drawing by Paul Hermann from the collection of five volumes of specimens and drawings from Sri Lanka (Ceylon) 1672-1677. (Vol. 5 Page 299)
Adams Peak, Sri LankaA view of Adams Peak from the Nuwara Eliya area, Sri Lanka
Columba torringtoni, Sri Lanka woodpigeonPlate 83, painting by Pieter Cornelius de Bevere, from the Loten Collection of coloured drawings of Birds, Mammals, Insects & Plants, (1754-57)
Chrysocolaptes lucidus, greater flame-backed woodpeckerPlate 19, painting by Pieter Cornelius de Bevere, from the Loten Collection of coloured drawings of Birds, Mammals, Insects & Plants, (1754-57)
Detail of manuscript textRelating to Plate 103 from the Loten Collection, 1754-57, a painting depicting Tragulus javanicus, lesser mouse-deer, by Pieter Cornelius de Bevere (1722-c. 1781). Image under record 6372
Elaphrornis palliseri, Sri Lankan bush warblerPlate 62, painting by Pieter Cornelius de Bevere, from the Loten Collection of coloured drawings of Birds, Mammals, Insects & Plants, (1754-57)
Galloperdix bicalcarata, Ceylon spurfowlPlate 87, painting by Pieter Cornelius de Bevere, from the Loten Collection of coloured drawings of Birds, Mammals, Insects & Plants, (1754-57)
lantern bugThe strange looking species of lantern bug, Sri Lanka
