[ Photographs ] (Ceylon) Scowen Album containing 49 chocolates photographs of the land and people of Colombo [Ceylon], comprising a view of a family of street merchants (or are they performers?), the harbor, a picturesque river scene, native men at

[ Photographs ] (Ceylon) Scowen Album containing 49 chocolates photographs of the land and people of Colombo [Ceylon], comprising a view of a family of street merchants (or are they performers?), the harbor, a picturesque river scene, native men at the the market place, a tea estate, rice paddy, " sensation path" (a breathtaking railway view), a Buddhist temple, a preponderance of prints of the topography that includes amazingly exotic trees and flora, as well as 9 portraits of Tamil and Cingalese [sic] peoples. Albumen prints, 40 are 9 x 11inches and 9 are 4x 5.75inches, most with Scowen's credit or caption in the negative, many with handwritten captions on mount recto. Oblong 4to, front and rear covers detached, worn. 1870s-80s