The Ceylon Plates
Collection / Architecture
Carved towers and front of a Hindu temple on Sea Street. Sea Street, Pettah, Colombo.
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Architecture

Carved towers and front of a Hindu temple on Sea Street

Sea Street, Pettah, Colombo
Date not recorded; likely c. 1880–1910

Certainty
Likely
A probable identification that has not been confirmed.
On the print
Skeen & Co (number unclear)
Maker
Skeen & Co
Date basis
General estimate for this collection, not checked individually
Identified by
Visual identification; place and date compared with Lankapura captions
Place
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Reference
TCP-A31

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