Caption

Veyangoda, Sri Lanka, photograph, Street with thatched houses on either side and a posing man with a horse and a folded umbrella., number: '1129', caption: 'Veangoda', name: 'Skeen & Co.', photographer: WLH Skeen & Co., c. 1870 - c. 1900, South Asia, paper, albumen print, height 205 mm x width 273 mm, A wide dirt road runs through a village with thatched-roof huts lining both sides, dense tropical trees and tall palm trees rising behind the huts, people standing or moving near the huts and along the road, a person in the foreground holding two long objects and facing the camera, simple wooden structures and open shoplike areas under the thatch, scattered small items on the ground, and foliage and undergrowth filling spaces between buildings.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B08_488

License type

Rights managed

Available size

48.3Mb (12.2Mb) / 15.8in x 11.8in / 4754 x 3549 (300dpi)

Keywords

Veyangoda Sri Lanka photograph Street thatched houses side posing man horse folded umbrella number 1129 caption Veangoda name Skeen & Co photographer WLH Skeen & Co c 1870 - c 1900 South Asia paper albumen print height 205 mm x width 273 mm wide dirt road runs village thatched-roof huts lining sides dense tropical trees tall palm trees rising huts people standing moving near road person foreground holding two long objects facing camera simple wooden structures open shoplike areas under thatch scattered small items ground foliage undergrowth filling spaces buildings