The Ceylon Plates
Collection / Transport
Oruwa at sunset. Southwest coast, unidentified.
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Oruwa at sunset

Southwest coast, unidentified
c. 1875–1895

Certainty
Uncertain
The kind of scene is clear, but the place or people are not established.
On the print
Scowen & Co, Ceylon
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
More from Southwest coast
Reference
TCP-T137

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