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Half-plate.

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Quarter-plate.

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Quarter-plate.

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Quarter-plate.

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277 x 220 mm. Group portrait of eight unidentified Kandyan nobles.

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212 x 275 mm. View of a display of variously carved knives, possibly part of the collection of Hugh Nevill (see Y303B/3). Photographer unknown, probably W.L.H. Skeen & Co.

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Quarter-plate.

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141 x 107 mm. Group portrait of European planters on the veranda of Beckington Estate, Udapussellawa. No identification supplied, but F. Coventry is seated in the centre of the group. The bearded figure at the right is possibly John Bagra.

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201 x 137 mm. Group portrait of Europeans posed on the verandah of a bungalow on Kirklees Estate. Identified on the reverse are: John Shields Jarvie; John Sinclair; John Bagra; J.A. Alexander; Haigh; F. Coventry (planter, Beckingten Estate, Udapussellawa); Mrs Coventry; Mrs Dick; J. Armitage Ogden (Manager, Kirklees Estate). See also Y303E/97.

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130 x 100 mm. General view of the bungalow on the Kirklees tea estate, Udellawapassa. See also prints Y303E/98-100.

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201 x 138 mm. View looking out over a valley, with a row of cinchona trees in the foreground.

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201 x 137 mm. Similar to Y303E/98, with cinchona growing among coffee plants in the foreground.

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104 x 112 mm. glossy print with two copies and 56 mm. negative.

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94 x 130 mm.

Scope and Contents From the File: A collection of platinum prints, 280 x 225 mm, mounted in a volume bound in red leather with 'The Royal Visit to Ceylon April, 1901' and the Royal Arms on the front cover. They are by various photographers and record the visit of the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York (later H.M. King George V and H.M. Queen Mary) 12-15 April, 1901. The prints are mounted on cardboard pages and have printed captions, which have been recorded as found. They may include language which is...

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The printed caption on the reverse reads: 'M.B. Uduman's Copyright No. 6. Printed in Saxony. Published by 'The Travellers Mart', 14 York and Ballie Street, Colombo'.

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The printed caption on the reverse reads: 'Lanka-rama Dagoba at Anu-radha-pura. 2nd Century B.C.'.

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The printed caption on the reverse reads: 'Lanka-rama Dagoba at Anu-radha-pura. 2nd Century B.C.'.

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248 x 200 mm. View looking down onto the starting point of the breakwater, with a large crowd gathered in front of the open-sided marquee beneath which the foundation stone is suspended. The Prince of Wales has not been positively identified: he may be hidden behind the foundation stone or he may possibly be one of the figures climbing the steps up to the marquee.

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These letters document Bell’s service as Governor of Mauritius and include the following subjects: descriptions of his accommodation, social life and leisure; work routine, official duties, colleagues, other officials, political factions, constitutional questions and Mauritius’s peoples; improvements in housing, education, sanitation and health; finance, economic initiatives and trade policy; and the views of the press (75 sheets).

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Seven letters relating to Rice's time in Ceylon, 1911-1912, written mainly to his mother and including some letters written during his journey out. The letters are accompanied by press cuttings from Ceylon newspapers, 1912 and 1949.

Scope and Contents Two letters from Clementine: firstly, March 1956, when she was at sea returning from Ceylon [later Sri Lanka] via Bombay [India], describing her parting meeting with Sir John Kotelawala [Prime Minister of Ceylon]; secondly, August 1956, from St Moritz [Switzerland], commenting on Churchill's weekend with Lady Juliet Duff, saying that she had made a bet that Harry S Truman would be the Democratic candidate in the American Presidential elections and admiring Queen Elizabeth II for braving the...

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210 x 277 mm. General view of a Liberian coffee tree in fruit.

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210 x 278 mm. General view of Liberian coffee tree in fruit.