W.L.H. Skeen & Co.
Nuwara Eliya

ArtistBritish, active 1860–1920
CultureBritish
Titles
  • Nuwara Eliya
Datec. 1885
Place depictedNuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka
MediumAlbumen silver print from glass negative
DimensionsImage: 8 7/16 × 10 7/8 in. (21.4 × 27.7 cm)
Sheet: 8 7/16 × 10 7/8 in. (21.4 × 27.7 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by various donors
Object number2018.588
Not on view

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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
In negative, recto, bottom left: NUWARA ELLIYA SKEEN & CO // 996
Inscribed in pencil, verso, lower left: Keen [illegible] [illegible] & Elliya
Paper mark, verso, lower right: K.K.R. M&T [?] [upside down]

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