Ancient Ruins
Steps to the sacred Bo tree, Sri Maha Bodhi, with two Buddhist priests
Sri Maha Bodhi, Anuradhapura
c. 1870–1871
- Certainty
- Identified
Named on the print, matched to a published caption, an unmistakable landmark, or identified by the collection’s owner. - On the print
- Lawton
- Maker
- Lawton
- Date basis
- Marked Lawton on the print; Joseph Lawton photographed the ancient cities for the Archaeological Committee in 1870-71 and died in 1872. The print itself may be later
- Identified by
- Visual identification; the same Joseph Lawton photograph is held and titled by the V&A
- Source
- Source page
- Reference
- TCP-R22
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