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Gomphia nitida, Gonfia lustra. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali, Dictionary of Natural Science, Florence, Italy, 1837
Amethystine python, Simalia amethistinaAmethystine python or scrub python, Simalia amethistina. Pitone amatistino. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali
Frys Cocoa and Chocolate, Cocoa Plantation, Sri LankaFrys Cocoa and Chocolate, Cocoa Plantation, Ceylon Sri Lanka. 1893
Ceylon crocodile var. from Seba. (Mugger crocodile, Crocodylus palustris or saltwater crocodile, Crocodylus porosus.) Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Heath after an illustration by George Shaw
Toque macaque, Macaca sinica. Endangered. Simia sinica Linn. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Jakob Samuel Walwerth after an illustration by Jacques de Seve from Johann Christian Daniel
Pitcher plant, Nepenthes distillatoria. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by George Cooke after Thomas Shotter Boys from Conrad Loddiges Botanical Cabinet, Hackney, 1825
Rhynchoglossum notonianum (Klugia notoniana). Native to Sri Lanka (Ceylon). Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaires Flowers of the Gardens and Hothouses of Europe
Dutchmans pipe, Aristolochia thwaitesii. Vulnerable. Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaires Flowers of the Gardens and Hothouses of Europe
Persian violet, Exacum macranthum. Critically endangered. Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaires Flowers of the Gardens and Hothouses of Europe
Plants of Sri Lanka: tamarind 1, sago palm 2, cassia 3 and teak 4. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrarios Ancient
Costume of a Singhalese woman in Sri Lanka. A man sheltering from the rain under a talipot palm leaf and a seated man drinking from a vase
Noble man of Sri Lanka, King Rajasinha IIA noble man of Sri Lanka, King Rajasinha II of Kandy, and a Tirinanxy or Chief Priest. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Andrea Bernieri after Robert Knox from Giulio Ferrarios Ancient
Toque macaque monkeys, breadfruit tree and talipot palmToque macaque monkeys, Macaca sinica (endangered) amid breadfruit trees, Artocarpus altilis, and talipot palm, Corypha umbraculifera, in Sri Lanka
Sri Lankan spotted chevrotain, Moschiola meminna. (Memina or Indian musk, Moschus memina). Handcoloured engraving by Griffith, Harriet or Edward
Pitcher plant, Nepenthes distillatoria, native to Sri Lanka. Vulnerable. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Richard Duppa from his The Classes
Sri Lankan brown fish owl, Ketupa zeylonensis. (Great Ceylonese eared owl, Strix zeylonensis.) After an illustration by Pieter de Bevere provided by Governor Joan Gideon Loten
Unknown birds of Sri Lanka: Pink-coloured warbler, Motacilla caryophyllacea, and green wagtail, Motacilla viridis. Sri Lanka tussah silk moth, Antheraea cingalesa (Ceylon silk moth, Bombia paphia)
Black-capped bulbul, Pycnonotus melanicterus, and unknown Sri Lankan warbler. (Yellow breasted flycatcher, Muscicapa melanictera, and green warbler)
Brown hawk-owl on a mango treeBrown hawk-owl, Ninox scutulata (Falco badius), on a mango tree, Mangifera indica, in Sri Lanka. From a watercolour by Pieter de Bevere supplied by Governor Joan Gideon Loten
Sri Lanka green pigeon, Treron pompadora (Pompadour pigeon, Columba pompadora, of Ceylon). After an illustration by Pieter de Bevere supplied by Governor Joan Gideon Loten
Lasith Malinga - Sri Lanka cricketer Date: 1990s - 2000s
Kumar Sangakkara - Sri Lanka cricketer Date: 1990s - 2000s
Arjuna Ranatunga - Sri Lanka cricketer Date: 1980s - 1990s
Muttiah Muralitharan - Sri Lanka cricketer Date: 1980s - 1990s
Duleep Mendis - Sri Lanka cricketer Date: 1970s - 1980s
Huntley Wright and Gracie Leigh in The Cingalee, or Sunny Ceylon, a musical play about tea planters in Ceylon (Sri Lanka), which opened at Dalys Theatre, London, in 1904. circa 1904
Advert for Liptons Teas 1896An advertisement for Liptons Teas, with an illustration of one of the Lipton Tea-Gardens in Ceylon (Sri Lanka). 1896
Statue of the Hindu Monkey God Hanuman, Sri Krishna Bagawan Temple in Singapore, Republic of Singapore Date: 2014
Kandian woman, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Date: circa 1890s
RACIAL / SRI LANKA / BARBERA Tamil barber shaves a customers head Date: 1893
SRI LANKA / JUNGLEPalm trees and other flora in the interior of the island Date: 1892
Trees - Palm, PalmyraPalmyra palms provide little shade on a Sri Lanka beach Date: 1913
CORYPHA UMBRACULIFERAShadow palm - in the Sri Lanka jungle Date: 1913
Following the Boer War, the British transferred many of their prisoners to various countries and colonies under their domain in South and South East Asia
Signs advertise services of notaries, attorneys, solicitorsA mass of signs advertising the services of notaries, attorneys and solicitors in a Colombo street, Sri Lanka Date: 1995
Small children take a nap during the afternoon, Sri LankaTwo nuns watch as small children take a nap during the heat of the afternoon at a school run by the The Good Shepherd Sisters, in Sri Lanka Date: 1995
Crow on motor bike, Sri LankaCarrion crow perched on the handle bars of a motor bike in Colombo, Sri Lanka Date: 1994
Crows on boats, Sri LankaBlack crows on beached boats, Sri Lanka Date: 1994
Crow on boat, Sri LankaBlack carrion crow on brightly painted boat bow, Sri Lanka Date: 1994
Mahout bathes an elephant, Sri Lanka - 4A Mahout splashes water on an elephant while giving it a bath in the River Maha Oya near the Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage in Sri Lanka Date: 1994
Mahout bathes an elephant, Sri Lanka - 3A Mahout splashes water on an elephant while giving it a bath in the River Maha Oya near the Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage in Sri Lanka Date: 1994
Mahout bathes an elephant, Sri Lanka - 2A Mahout splashes water on an elephant while giving it a bath in the River Maha Oya near the Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage in Sri Lanka Date: 1994
Mahout bathes an elephant, Sri Lanka - 1Mahout rests on Raja, an old blind elephant, after giving him a bath in the River Maha Oya near the Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage in Sri Lanka Date: 1994
Sri Lankan beach fishermen hauling nets - 3Sri Lankan fishermen hauling a fishing net ashore on beach in Galle Date: 1994
Sri Lankan beach fishermen hauling nets - 2Sri Lankan fishermen hauling a fishing net ashore on beach in Galle. Another gang of men launch their wooden fishing boat Date: 1994
Sri Lankan beach fishermen hauling nets - 1A line of beach fishermen hauling their fishing net from the Indian Ocean, Galle, Sri Lanka Date: 1994
Crew of Sri Lankan fishing prauRagged Sri Lankan fishermen work their prau sailing boat off the coast of Sri Lanka Date: 1994
Sri Lankan fisherman in outrigger boat - 4A ragged Sri Lankan fisherman in straw sun hat, on the bow of his prau sailing boat off the coast of Sri Lanka Date: 1994