View of a staircase leading into a water tank, Kuttam Pokuna [Twin Ponds], Anuradhapura, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka)

People:

J. Lawton (photographer)

Title:

View of a staircase leading into a water tank, Kuttam Pokuna [Twin Ponds], Anuradhapura, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka)

Date:

between 1860 and 1872

Form:
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
1 photograph(s)

Technique and media:

Albumen silver print

Dimensions:

comp.: 20.2 x 27.3 cm secondary support: 64.5 x 39.5 cm

Reference number:

PH1979:0447.01:094

Point of View:

exterior view

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- A gold gilt line frames the photograph.

Inscription:

signed - by the photographer, on the negative, l.l.: "LAWTON" [diagonal] inscribed - by an unknown hand, in pen and black ink, on the secondary support, l.l.: with title

Location:

Anuradhapura; North Central Province; Sri Lanka;

Subject:

architecture

Subject Descriptive Terms:

trees
reliefs
stairs
masonry
water tank
staircase

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

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