The Ceylon Plates

The collection

People

Studio portraits and everyday life across the island’s communities.

TCP-P473Two women with water pots, paddy fieldsc. 1880–1900TCP-P286Elderly man with comb and sash, seated by curtainColombo studio (probable) · c. 1875–1895TCP-P486Group of European men under a sign reading Rag and Famishc. 1885–1905TCP-P118Man with very long hair and beard, bare-chestedColombo studio (probable) · c. 1870–1890TCP-P427Women with ornaments and a barber-like figure at a doorwayc. 1880–1900TCP-P94Woman with arm raised against treec. 1880–1900TCP-P267British sergeant seatedColombo (garrison, possible) · c. 1880–1895TCP-P161Mother and child in a doorwayc. 1880–1900TCP-P369Young woman in several necklacesColombo studio (probable) · c. 1875–1895TCP-P199Group at thatched housec. 1880–1900TCP-P121Group of Tamil women and girls seated on a bankc. 1880TCP-P62Group at temporary shelters (Rodiya or nomad camp, possible)c. 1880–1900TCP-P289Monk with a palm fanColombo studio (probable) · c. 1870–1890TCP-P123Paddling a dugout across a riverDate unknownTCP-P482European group at a decorated bungalowc. 1885–1905TCP-P8Man in white jacket holding scroll, studioColombo studio (probable) · c. 1870–1890TCP-P119Woman standing at draped tableColombo studio (probable) · c. 1870–1890TCP-P336Young woman with pearls and flowers, profileColombo studio (probable) · c. 1870–1890TCP-P245Brass workers chasing a large engraved tray, ColomboDate unknownTCP-P272British soldier in tropical helmet by latticeColombo (garrison, possible) · c. 1880–1895TCP-P55Jaffna Tamil woman in a shimmering sari, in profileColombo studio (probable) · c. 1870–1890TCP-P476Three Kandyan chiefs below a wave-pattern wallTemple of the Tooth, Kandy (probable) · c. 1885–1905TCP-P362Girl with necklaces and fanColombo studio (probable) · c. 1870–1890TCP-P544Man with flat comb and large whiskersColombo studio (probable) · c. 1870–1885TCP-P532Bride and groomColombo studio (probable) · c. 1870–1885TCP-P274Man carrying water potsColombo studio (probable) · c. 1875–1895TCP-P206Tamil woman in profileColombo studio (probable) · c. 1875–1895TCP-P157Brahmin with forehead marks, profileColombo studio (probable) · c. 1875–1895TCP-P265British soldier, oval portraitColombo (garrison, possible) · c. 1880–1895TCP-P447Sports ground and pavilionsRadella ground, Dimbula (possible) · c. 1885–1905TCP-P492British officer and attendant at a railway carriageCeylon Government Railway (Boer War period, possible) · c. 1900–1902TCP-P337Young woman against a tree, wrapped clothColombo studio (probable) · c. 1870–1890TCP-P205Monk with fan before a painted backdropColombo studio (probable) · c. 1880–1900TCP-P437Worker with spread produce, drying yardc. 1880–1900TCP-P432Crowd of workers with sacks at a tea factoryCentral highlands · c. 1890–1910TCP-P230Ornate temple doorway with people on stepsc. 1880–1900TCP-P142Four men seated in hats and checked sarongsc. 1880–1900TCP-P29Woman with raised arms against foliagec. 1870–1890TCP-P223Elderly man in cap with white coat, painted backdropColombo studio (probable) · c. 1880–1900TCP-P288Kandyan chief in full dress, standing by a carved chairKandyan region · Late 1800sTCP-P198Snake charmers with cobrasc. 1880–1900TCP-P95Woman among banana plantsc. 1880–1900TCP-P33Man in turban with knife and cloth over shoulderColombo studio (probable) · c. 1870–1890TCP-P342Group at old building with basketsc. 1880–1900TCP-P59Coffee or produce store with workersPlantation district · c. 1870–1890TCP-P30Woman in a shawl, in profile, with a flower in her haircirca 1880TCP-P518Woman before a hay-like stackc. 1880–1900TCP-P19Woman bending, ornate comb and ankletsColombo studio (probable) · c. 1870–1890

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