Partial view of Kandy and Kandy Lake showing D.S. Senanayake Vidiya, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka)

People:

J. Lawton (photographer)
Rajasinghe, Sri Wickrama, King of Kandy (role unspecified)

Title:

Partial view of Kandy and Kandy Lake showing D.S. Senanayake Vidiya, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka)

Date:

between 1870 and 1871

Form:
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
1 photograph(s)

Technique and media:

Albumen silver print

Dimensions:

comp.: 17.8 x 27.1 cm secondary support: 64.5 x 39.5 cm

Reference number:

PH1979:0447.02:015:001

Point of View:

partial view
exterior view

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- Photographs PH1979:0447.02:015:001 - PH1979:0447.02:015:002 are affixed side by side on the secondary support to form panorama PH1979:0447.02:015:001-002. A gold gilt line frames the panorama.

Inscription:

inscribed - by an unknown hand, in pen and black ink, on the secondary support, l.l.: "Panoramic View of Kandy. East side." and l.r.: "West side."

Location:

Kandy; Central Province; Sri Lanka;

Subject:

architecture
landscape architecture
topographic

Subject Descriptive Terms:

trees
houses
artificial lake
city
road
hills
buildings
lake

Credit line:
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal

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