Mounted and unmounted photographs of people and places - 1: unidentified woman (side view from shoulders up); 2: two nautch girls (studio portrait); 3: Nautch girls and musicians. India drum, bagpipes and 'oboe'. (studio portrait); 4: studio portrait of woman in sari; 5: D1476 - Parrel of Kailasamatha temple, Conjeereeram, Chinglepont, De[?illegible]; 6: general view of Bodhigara at Nillakgama after conservation (Archaeological Survey of Ceylon); 7: Tamil girl (studio portrait by Scowen & Co, c1876-1899); 8: Carved terminal to wing of steps of monastery, Anuradhapury [Scowen & Co from FJH album 1895]; 9: hobbled elephant; 10: tea, of working elephants; 11: verso - from Times of Ceylon, photo by Jansz [masks in display case]; 12: mounted caption - Bullock 'Hackeri' (cart) with low country Sinchalese [sic]; 13: village scene weith thatched buildings; 14: boy posing with bamboo stick; 15: Buddhist temple; 16: mounted, verso - The Gal-whare rock cut recumbent figure of Buddha 46 feel long, Polon-naruwa, Ceylon. FJH [18]95 17: Thuraparama Dagoba, 63 feet high, Anuradhapura [Scowen & Co; FJH [18]95; 18|: mounted, caption - Annradhapura [sic] Ceylon [temple with shrine and tomb; 19: mounted, caption - The Canopy, Annuradapura [sic], Ceylon [FJH [18]95]
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