Lot 373

Sri Lanka--Photographs





Auction: 10 June 2009 at 12:00 BST
Description
177 silver prints by Ross Munro, Marjorie Collenes & J. O. Sudlow of Sri Lanka, depicting indigenous population, Negombo, Colombo club, Carqillo Corner, Nuwara Eliya, temple of the Sacred Bo Tree Anadhapura, The Brazen Palace, Thuparama Dagaba, Makara Balustrade, Jelawanarama Dagoba, Dalida Maligawa, temples, pokunas, Mahinda's tomb, Mahiutas Bath, Naga Pokuna, River Italuganga, Pilanaude, West Heath, Gregory's Road, Colombo, landscape, gardens, ruins, rivers, elephants, street scenes, golf course, government buildings & hospital interior, many captioned, 6 by 11cm. - 12 by 19.5cm., original morocco backed cloth album, [c.1920]
Footnote
Provenance: Loosely inserted is a newspaper article on Oswald Boyd Forbes, partner and managing director of Forbes and Walker, Tea Brokers Ltd.




