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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 16197 Collections and/or Records:

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Kandian chief, 1866

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y303P/58
Scope and Contents

206x274mm.

Dates: 1866
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Kandian lady, 1886

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y303P/41
Scope and Contents

261x212mm.

Dates: 1886
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Kandians, 1886

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y303P/20
Scope and Contents

123x94mm.

Dates: 1886
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Kandy, 1886-11

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y303P/2
Scope and Contents

95 x 130 mm.

Dates: 1886-11
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Kandy, 1886

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y303P/27
Scope and Contents

279x215mm.

Dates: 1886
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Kandy, 1886

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y303P/29
Scope and Contents

265x215mm.

Dates: 1886
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Kandy, 1867

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y303A/35
Scope and Contents

268 x 209 mm. View looking westwards over the central part of Kandy. In the left foreground is the Temple of the Tooth (see Y3022G/6) with the Esplanade and the north end of the lake beyond. At the right can be seen the tower of St Paul's Church with Colombo Street beyond and the military quarters on the hill in the background.

Dates: 1867
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Kandy, 1867

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y303A/36
Scope and Contents

268 x 209mm. View looking westwards over the central part of Kandy. In the left foreground is the Temple of the Tooth (see Y3022G/6) with the Esplanade and the north end of the lake beyond. At the right can be seen the tower of St Paul's Church with Colombo Street beyond and the military quarters on the hill in the background.

Dates: 1867
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Kandy, 1867

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y303A/37
Scope and Contents

213 x 158 mm. View looking westwards over the central part of Kandy.

Dates: 1867
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Kandy, 1867

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y303A/39
Scope and Contents

213 x 158 mm. View looking westwards over the central part of Kandy.

Dates: 1867
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Kandy, 1867

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y303A/42
Scope and Contents

174 x 104 mm. View looking westwards over the central part of Kandy.

Dates: 1867
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Kandy, 1870 - 1879

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022G/1
Scope and Contents

277 x 212 mm. View looking eastwards over the town of Kandy from the military headquarters, with the lake at the right and the centre of Kandy directly in front of the viewer. The three streets seen running east to west are, from the left, King Street, Colombo Street and Ward Street. Probably by Scowen & Co.

Dates: 1870 - 1879
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Kandy, 1870 - 1879

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022G/2
Scope and Contents

276 x 216 mm. View looking northwest from above the south shore of the lake. It looks over the western half of the lake towards the town. The military headquarters can be seen in the distance. The view forms, when joined with plate 3, a panoramic view of the town.

Dates: 1870 - 1879
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Kandy, 1870 - 1879

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022G/3
Scope and Contents

276 x 216 mm. View from the same position (Gregory Road) as plate 2, looking across the lake to the eastern part of Kandy. The view forms, when joined with plate 2, a panoramic view of the town. Photograph by Scowen & Co.

Dates: 1870 - 1879
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Kandy, 1880 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022U/43
Scope and Contents

276 x 215 mm. View looking W along Colombo Street, Kandy, a commercial thoroughfare lined with small shops in the centre of the town.

Dates: 1880 - 1889
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Kandy, 1880 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022L/120
Scope and Contents

272x207mm. Similar view to Y3022G/1, looking eastwards over Kandy from the Military Barracks. The King's Pavilion can be seen at the left.

Dates: 1880 - 1889
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Kandy and the lake, 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC Ceylon/10
Scope and Contents

The printed caption on the reverse reads: 'M.B. Uduman's Copyright No. 102. Printed in Saxony. Published by 'The Travellers Mart', 14 York and Ballie Street, Colombo'.

Dates: 1900
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Kandy and the Lake, 1870 - 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y302A/14
Scope and Contents

268 x 210 mm. View looking eastwards over the town from the military quarters and showing King Street, Colombo Street and Ward Street running west-east across the town. Photographer unknown, either Scowen & Co or W.L.H. Skeen & Co.

Dates: 1870 - 1900
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Kandy art ware, 1890

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y303B/3
Scope and Contents

282 x 216 mm. View showing shelves lines with cast images of the Buddha. These artefacts are possibly part of the collection of Hugh Nevill of the Ceylon Civil Service: photographs of this, ‘showing nearly every description of Kandyan Art-work in Silver, Copper, Brass, carved Ivory, Wood, stone,’ were advertised by W.L.H. Skeen & Co in the 'Mercantile and Planting Directory' for 1891-92. See also Y303B/85-87. Photograph probably by W.L.H. Skeen & Co.

Dates: 1890
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Kandy art ware, betel boxes, 1890

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y303B/87
Scope and Contents

276 x 215 mm. Showing a display of carved betel boxes, possibly from the collection of Hugh Nevill (see Y303B/3). Photographer unknown, probably W.L.H. Skeen & Co.

Dates: 1890
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Kandy art ware, wood rice bowls, 1890

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y303B/86
Scope and Contents

276 x 212 mm. Showing a display of richly carved wooden utensils, possibly part of the collection of Hugh Nevill, Ceylon Civil Service (see Y303B/3).

Dates: 1890
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Kandy, Buddhist temple, 1886

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y303P/30
Scope and Contents

279x215mm.

Dates: 1886
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Kandy, Ceylon, 1870 - 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y302A/11
Scope and Contents

271 x 207 mm. View from the hills to the south looking northwest over the lake and towards the town. The Library and Assembly Rooms are housed in the building projecting into the lake, with the Esplanade to the left and the main part of the town at the west end of the lake. The military barracks can be seen on the hill at the extreme left of the print. Photographer unknown, either Scowen & Co. or W.L.H. Skeen &Co.

Dates: 1870 - 1900
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Kandy-Colombo Railway Line, 1867

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y303B/39
Scope and Contents

273 x 208 mm. View looking down the line towards the overhang of the ‘Lion’s Mouth’ (see Y303B/36) with labourers standing beneath the rock and two Europeans in the foreground. This photograph is reproduced in G.F. Perera, ‘The Ceylon Railway’ (Colombo, 1925), p 141, with a caption stating that the photograph was taken ‘during construction’. See also Y303B/45 and 48.

Dates: 1867
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Kandy from above the lake, 1907

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 1/99
Scope and Contents

Half-plate. Missing.

Dates: 1907
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).