Caption
View of buildings and plantation of the Peradeniya tea factory in Ceylon, album page, photograph, Part of Album with 50 photos of a trip through Southeast Asia., photographer: attributed to Charles T. Scowen & Co., Kandy (former nation), c. 1875 - c. 1880, South Asia, Attributed to, paper, albumen print, height 217 mm x width 281 mm, plantation, A large multi-story building complex with pitched roofs sits near the base of rolling, sparsely vegetated hills; the complex includes a long rectangular structure with many windows, a connected narrower wing with evenly spaced vertical supports and windows, and a central entrance section with a small porch and glass doors flanked by windows; two people stand near the entrance area; in the foreground a field of low, bushy plants arranged in rows fills the scene, with a dirt path leading toward the building on the right; the hills behind the buildings rise gently with scattered shrubs and rocky outcrops under a pale sky.
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Photo12/Liszt Collection
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LZT26B07_103
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