Charles T. Scowen
Ratnapura River

CultureBritish
Titles
  • Ratnapura River
Date1875–1899
Place depictedRatnapura, Sri Lanka
MediumAlbumen silver print from glass negative
DimensionsImage: 8 7/16 × 10 3/4 in. (21.4 × 27.3 cm)
Sheet: 8 7/16 × 10 3/4 in. (21.4 × 27.3 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by various donors
Object number2018.587
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Provenance[Dominic Winter Auctions, Near Cirencester, England, October 4, 2018, lot 741]; purchased by MFAH, 2018.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in pencil, verso, top left: 24 [circled] Ceylon
Inscribed in pencil, verso, lower left: 1004 Bahiaspura [?]

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