The Ceylon Plates

The collection

Landscapes

Harbours, hill country, waterfalls and the roads between.

TCP-L180Waterfall in bare hillsc. 1880–1900TCP-L111Kandy Lake and town rooftops from abovec. 1880–1900TCP-L203Broad basin with settlementNuwara Eliya (probable) · c. 1880–1900TCP-L175Two-tier waterfall (St Clair's Falls, probable)Talawakele (probable) · c. 1880–1900TCP-L67Rickshaw and figures on lake-side drive with barracks beyondGalle Face / Beira Lake, Colombo · c. 1885–1905TCP-L55View over town and bay with palmsColombo (north side, probable) · c. 1880–1900TCP-L152Forest slopes with lone tree and distant peakCentral highlands · c. 1880–1900TCP-L234Palm-lined canal with outriggerColombo canal area (probable) · c. 1880–1900TCP-L256Harbour with islands and palmsTrincomalee (probable) · c. 1890–1910TCP-L259Figures around rock cairn on a grassy hillTrincomalee (possible) · c. 1880–1900TCP-L232Plain with distant white structuresc. 1880–1900TCP-L89Main Street, with a thatched cart in the foregroundMain Street, Pettah, Colombo · Late 1800sTCP-L125Lake road and shade trees, Kandy Lakec. 1880–1900TCP-L204Hill settlement behind lone treeNuwara Eliya (probable) · c. 1880–1900TCP-L6Clock Tower Lighthouse and Queen StreetFort, Colombo · c. 1880–1900TCP-L86Pettah street busy with carts and pedestriansPettah, Colombo · c. 1885–1905TCP-L169Waterfall in bush countryc. 1880–1900TCP-L100Crowd and carts filling Main Street, PettahPettah, Colombo · 1900sTCP-L186Fall through a rock cleftc. 1880–1900TCP-L75Galle Face sea wall with rickshawsGalle Face, Colombo · c. 1895–1910TCP-L95Pettah junction, temple gopuram at right and Old Town HallPettah, Colombo · c. 1885–1905TCP-L116Kandy Lake with island under cloudy skyc. 1880–1900TCP-L268Road with loaded bullock wagonNear Colombo (probable) · c. 1885–1905TCP-L150Great rain tree at Kandy Lake, lake roadc. 1880–1900TCP-L92Pettah junction with tram lines and Old Town HallPettah, Colombo · c. 1900–1910TCP-L32Colombo Breakwater running out to seaColombo Harbour · c. 1885–1900TCP-L56Sea wall and beach with figures, harbour beyondColombo Harbour · c. 1880–1900TCP-L45Waves on Colombo Breakwater with steamerColombo Harbour · c. 1885–1900TCP-L78Pavilion with crowd on race groundColombo (Galle Face or racecourse) · c. 1890–1910TCP-L216Figure in hat seated above a misty valleyCentral highlands (Haputale area, possible) · c. 1890–1910TCP-L35Waves on Colombo BreakwaterColombo Harbour · c. 1885–1900TCP-L40Waves on Colombo Breakwater with Titan craneColombo Harbour · c. 1885–1900TCP-L53Tiled rooftops running down to the water, Colomboc. 1880TCP-L160Kandy street with two-storey shops and crowdsKandy (probable) · c. 1890–1910TCP-L49Cargo boats drawn up on the shoreColombo Harbour · c. 1885–1900TCP-L43Waves on Colombo BreakwaterColombo Harbour · c. 1885–1900TCP-L164Tall narrow waterfall in forestc. 1880–1900TCP-L120Kandy Lake framed by bamboo, island beyondc. 1880–1900TCP-L7Queen Street, General Post Office side, Clock TowerFort, Colombo · c. 1880–1900TCP-L42Waves on Colombo BreakwaterColombo Harbour · c. 1885–1900TCP-L115Kandy Lake with island and Temple octagon roofc. 1880–1900TCP-L158Crowd before Temple of the Tooth, festival dayKandy · c. 1890–1910TCP-L283Avenue of arching trees with figuresGalle Road near Kalutara (possible) · c. 1880–1900TCP-L177Waterfall with spray in forestc. 1880–1900TCP-L102Kandy town and lake from the hillsc. 1880–1900TCP-L289Road with shops, carts and palmsNear Colombo (probable) · c. 1885–1905TCP-L181Waterfall from a plateau with bungalows abovec. 1880–1900TCP-L228Road with rail line along sea with townColombo, Galle Road/Kollupitiya side (possible) · c. 1890–1910

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