Colombo Sri Lanka South Asia Collection

The Custom-House and inner harbour, Colombo, Ceylon, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The Custom-House and inner harbour, Colombo, Ceylon [now Sri Lanka], 1864. Engraving from a photograph by Messrs. Slinn and Co

The lighthouse and flagstaff at Colombo, Ceylon, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The lighthouse and flagstaff at Colombo, Ceylon, 1864. Engraving from a photograph by Messrs. Slinn and Co. Coastal scene in what is now Sri Lanka

Mr. Layard presenting to the Prince of Wales the address of the Municipal Council... 1876. Creator: C. R
Mr. Layard presenting to the Prince of Wales the address of the Municipal Council at Colombo, Ceylon, 1876. The future King Edward VII recieves a gift from the first mayor of Colombo

Preparing the decorations at Colombo, Ceylon, for the Royal Visit, from a sketch by one... 1876. Creator: Unknown
Preparing the decorations at Colombo, Ceylon, for the Royal Visit [of the Prince of Wales], from a sketch by one of our special artists

Papaya tree, litigants come to see the Dessave, and a hennikap or free servant in Colombo, 1785. Creator: Jan Brandes
Papaya tree, litigants come to see the Dessave, and a hennikap or free servant in Colombo, 1785. Residents awaiting case law by the Dessave (European judge employed by the VOC)

Council representatives in Colombo, 1785. Creator: Jan Brandes
Council representatives in Colombo, 1785. The Dessave (European judge employed by the VOC) on his veranda to "dispose of the affairs

Pigs without hind legs, 1785. Creator: Jan Brandes
Pigs without hind legs, 1785. With inscription. Part of Jan Brandes sketchbook, dl. 2 (1808), p. 73

Pigs without hind legs at a trough, 1785. Creator: Jan Brandes
Pigs without hind legs at a trough, 1785. Two pigs eating from a trough. With inscription. Part of Jan Brandes sketchbook, dl. 2 (1808), p. 75

The Uytlught Country House, Colombo, c.1750. Creator: B. van Lier
The Uytlught Country House, Colombo, c.1750. Dutch colonialists in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka). Attributed to B. van Lier

Buitenhuis of the Governor on the Grote Pas at Colombo, c.1750. Creator: Anon
Buitenhuis of the Governor on the Grote Pas at Colombo, c.1750

View of a ferry house at the Grote Pas at Colombo, c.1750. Creator: Anon
View of a ferry house at the Grote Pas at Colombo, c.1750. View of a river with buildings. Two boats on the water, one of which, the ferry, with the Dutch flag

Reception of the envoys of the King of Kandy by Governor Imam Falck, 1772. Creator: Carel Frederik Reimer
Reception of the envoys of the King of Kandy by Governor Imam [sic] Falck, 1772. Iman Willem Falck, Governor of Zeylan (Dutch Ceylon, now Sri Lanka)

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