Ancient Ruins
Ruwanwelisaya, overgrown, behind the ruins of a pillared hall
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; matches a Joseph Lawton print of the Ruwanweli Dagoba held by the V&A
The white building that later stood at the foot of the dagoba, beyond this pillared hall, appears in TCP-R36. No building is visible here. - Source
- Source page
- Reference
- TCP-R8
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