The Ceylon Plates
Collection / Architecture
Hindu temple, Colombo. Sea Street, Pettah, Colombo.
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Architecture

Hindu temple, Colombo

Sea Street, Pettah, Colombo
c. 1875–1895

Certainty
Identified
Named on the print, matched to a published caption, an unmistakable landmark, or identified by the collection’s owner.
On the print
"Hindu Temple, Colombo" - Scowen & Co
Maker
Scowen & Co
Date basis
Scowen negatives were sold on in the mid-1890s; a print could be later
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Caption or mark on the print
Place
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Reference
TCP-A28

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