The Ceylon Plates

The collection

Architecture

Grand hotels, temples, mosques and planters’ bungalows.

TCP-A138Planter's bungalow with lattice verandahCentral highlands · c. 1880–1900TCP-A36Temple on Beira LakeSlave Island, Colombo · c. 1880–1900TCP-A60Mount Lavinia Hotel with drive and bridgec. 1880–1900TCP-A94Moat wall and St Paul's Church towerKandy · c. 1880–1900TCP-A30"Hindu Temple, Colombo"Sea Street, Pettah, Colombo · c. 1880–1900TCP-A22Mosque with slender minaretsColombo (possibly Maradana Mosque) · c. 1890–1910TCP-A163Bungalow with pavilion roof and palms, seated figuresc. 1880–1900TCP-A28Hindu temple, ColomboSea Street, Pettah, Colombo · c. 1875–1895TCP-A82Timber shrine on the bare rock at the top of Adam's PeakAdam's Peak (Sri Pada) · Date unknownTCP-A9Galle Face Hotel from the seafront drive, rickshawGalle Face, Colombo · c. 1895–1910TCP-A133Bungalow under big trees and palmsc. 1880–1900TCP-A136Planter's bungalow, fenced gardenCentral highlands · c. 1880–1900TCP-A31Carved towers and front of a Hindu temple on Sea StreetSea Street, Pettah, Colombo · Date unknownTCP-A42Colombo Museum across its open lawnCinnamon Gardens, Colombo · Date unknownTCP-A86Rock temple pavilion viewKandy district (probable) · c. 1880–1900TCP-A56Mount Lavinia Hotel over palms and beachc. 1880–1900TCP-A110Twin-towered Catholic church on tram street (possibly St Philip Neri, Pettah)Colombo · c. 1900–1915TCP-A68Temple of the Tooth with small dagoba by the lake roadKandy · c. 1880–1900TCP-A123Estate bungalow and terraces in hillsCentral highlands · c. 1880–1900TCP-A13Arcaded corner front of the Grand Oriental HotelFort, Colombo · 1880TCP-A161Long verandahed rest house or club with signboardc. 1880–1900TCP-A52Mount Lavinia headland and rocksc. 1880–1900TCP-A5Figures on the green before the Galle Face Hotel and its palmsGalle Face, Colombo · 1800sTCP-A174Shingle-roofed hotel with attendant at the driveNuwara Eliya (probable) · c. 1880–1900TCP-A20Grand Oriental Hotel across an almost empty streetFort, Colombo · Date unknownTCP-A67Dagoba and palms beside the Temple of the ToothKandy · 1905TCP-A23Mosque with slender minaretsColombo (possibly Maradana Mosque) · c. 1890–1910TCP-A144Bungalow under large treesc. 1880–1900TCP-A45Colonial arcaded block with figures and tree shadeFort, Colombo (probable) · c. 1880–1900TCP-A145Estate bungalow below ridgeCentral highlands · c. 1880–1900TCP-A29Hindu temple, Colombo, facadeSea Street, Pettah, Colombo · c. 1880–1900TCP-A48Long verandahed building behind trees and railingsc. 1880–1900TCP-A17Grand Oriental Hotel, York Street frontage with carriagesYork Street, Fort, Colombo · c. 1880–1900TCP-A164Buildings reflected in pond or tankc. 1880–1900TCP-A72Road and moat wall below the Temple of the ToothKandy · Date unknownTCP-A54Mount Lavinia headland with bathersc. 1880–1900TCP-A121Planter's bungalow, tea or coffee countryCentral highlands · c. 1880–1900TCP-A140Estate buildings by a rocky streamCentral highlands · c. 1880–1900TCP-A105Square-towered church behind treesc. 1870–1890TCP-A33Hindu temple, Colombo, with people and cattleSea Street, Pettah, Colombo · c. 1880–1900TCP-A137Bungalow interior with arched doors and dining tablec. 1880–1900TCP-A92Neo-classical residence behind big tree (King's Pavilion, probable)Kandy · c. 1880–1900TCP-A49Mount Lavinia Hotel on headland, seen from beachc. 1880–1900TCP-A12Grand Oriental Hotel entrance with carriagesYork Street, Fort, Colombo · c. 1880–1900TCP-A50Mount Lavinia Hotel on the headlandc. 1880–1900TCP-A159Whitewashed long bungalow with lawnc. 1880–1900TCP-A64Temple of the Tooth, wide viewKandy · c. 1880–1900TCP-A7Galle Face Hotel with rickshaw and palmsGalle Face, Colombo · c. 1895–1910

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