William Louis Henry Skeen
Ceylon Coffee Tree in Flower and Cherry

CultureEnglish
Titles
  • Ceylon Coffee Tree in Flower and Cherry
Date1862–1887
PlaceSri Lanka (Ceylon)
MediumAlbumen silver print
DimensionsImage/Sheet:6 5/16 × 7 5/16 in. (16 × 18.5 cm)
Mount: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Mr. and Mrs. Alexander McLanahan in honor of Edward B. Mayo
Object number88.253
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceWestside National Bank, Houston; purchased by MFAH, 1988.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
verso center in pencil "Ceylon-Coffee tree in Flower / & / cherry"
verso lower center in pencil "W.L.H.Skeen"

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