Ceylon. Ruins of Pollonnarua, Mineri, Sigiri, &c. M.C. 4681, between 1870 and 1872

Author(s): lawton, joseph (1874), photographer production date: between 1870 and 1872 dating in centuries: 2nd half of the 19th century type(s) of object(s): manuscripts, printed matter, binding, photography name(s): photographic album, photography materials and techniques: positive place(s) of execution/realization: ceylon dimensions - original album: length: 47. 4cm width: 32. 9cm thickness: 5. 6cm description: black and white prints tending to brown laminated on sheets of paper bound in a calfskin volume. 4°, [unpaginated], 69 numbers (including nos. 6 to 14 missing) and 87 numbers (including nos. 1 to 9 and 20 to 79 missing). The numbers and legends are written in black ink. Marks, inscriptions, hallmarks: mark - "j. Lawton & co. Photographs to h. R. H. The duke of edinburgh. " stamp - "cernuschi museum - grousset library" iconographic description: photographs of ruined monuments. 3 sketches of people's heads drawn in pencil on a blank page. Mode of acquisition: legacy name of donor, testator, seller: cernuschi, henri date of acquisition: 1896 institution: cernuschi museum, museum of asian arts of the city of paris inventory number: m. C. 4681. Date: between 1870 and 1872.