Asia (continent)
Found in 62 Collections and/or Records:
The tea industry : Group of coolies with Kanganies [historic title], 1901-04-12 - 1901-04-15
Trincomalee, 1890 - 1899
260 x 205 mm. Showing two British warships at anchor in Trincomalee Harbour. The buildings on the shoreline are probably the Naval Yards, with Ostenberg Fort on the ridge behind.
Trincomalee, 1890 - 1899
260 x 204 mm. View looking down on ships anchored in Trincomalee Harbour. The viewpoint has not been positively identified, but is probably from the Ostenberg Fort looking S.W. across the harbour towards Clappenberg Point.
[Trincomalee], 1890 - 1899
260 x 204 mm. View looking down on shipping at anchor in the harbour. The three ships appear to be the same vessels seen in Y303G/10, possibly photographed from Little Sober Island.
[Trincomalee Harbour], 1890 - 1899
260 x 203 mm. View looking across a channel towards a long ridge. With palm trees in the foreground. Exact location unidentified, but probably part of Trincomalee Harbour.
[Two ambulances presented by N.D.A. Silva Wijaysinghe]
198 x 140 mm (with acknowledgement of his gift for this and the relief of Belgian children).
Unveiling of statue of King George V, 1916
Contains prints of various sizes, as listed (mounted on card), with descriptions in gold lettering and bound in a red leather volume with the inscription 'Souvenir of the Unveiling of the First Statue of His Majesty the King in the East, at Kalutara South, Ceylon. The Gift of Don Arthur Silva Wijaysinghe Siriwardene, (Sinahalese Chief) The Padikar Mudaliyar, Justice of the Peace, etc., etc. 22nd of July, 1916'. Various printed items have also been inserted.
View of a cocoanut [i.e. coconut] estate, 1901-04-12 - 1901-04-15
View of Nuwara Eliya, 1901-04-12 - 1901-04-15
View of Nuwara Eliya, 1901-04-12 - 1901-04-15
View of the River Kalu-Ganga from the main turret of Richmond Castle
Contains prints of various sizes, as listed (mounted on card), with descriptions in gold lettering and bound in a red leather volume with the inscription 'Souvenir of the Unveiling of the First Statue of His Majesty the King in the East, at Kalutara South, Ceylon. The Gift of Don Arthur Silva Wijaysinghe Siriwardene, (Sinahalese Chief) The Padikar Mudaliyar, Justice of the Peace, etc., etc. 22nd of July, 1916'. Various printed items have also been inserted.
Washing clothes, Ceylon, 1890 - 1899
260 x 204 mm. View showing Singhalese men washing clothes at the edge of a river or lake, with laundry drying on the ground beyond and a plantation of palms in the background.