Lanka Collection (page 7)

Unknown birds of Sri Lanka: Pink-coloured warbler, Motacilla caryophyllacea, and green wagtail, Motacilla viridis. Sri Lanka tussah silk moth, Antheraea cingalesa (Ceylon silk moth, Bombia paphia)

Black-capped bulbul, Pycnonotus melanicterus, and unknown Sri Lankan warbler. (Yellow breasted flycatcher, Muscicapa melanictera, and green warbler)

Brown hawk-owl on a mango tree
Brown hawk-owl, Ninox scutulata (Falco badius), on a mango tree, Mangifera indica, in Sri Lanka. From a watercolour by Pieter de Bevere supplied by Governor Joan Gideon Loten

Sri Lanka green pigeon, Treron pompadora (Pompadour pigeon, Columba pompadora, of Ceylon). After an illustration by Pieter de Bevere supplied by Governor Joan Gideon Loten

Lasith Malinga - Sri Lanka cricketer Date: 1990s - 2000s

Kumar Sangakkara - Sri Lanka cricketer Date: 1990s - 2000s

Arjuna Ranatunga - Sri Lanka cricketer Date: 1980s - 1990s

Muttiah Muralitharan - Sri Lanka cricketer Date: 1980s - 1990s

Duleep Mendis - Sri Lanka cricketer Date: 1970s - 1980s

Huntley Wright and Gracie Leigh in The Cingalee, or Sunny Ceylon, a musical play about tea planters in Ceylon (Sri Lanka), which opened at Dalys Theatre, London, in 1904. circa 1904

Advert for Liptons Teas 1896
An advertisement for Liptons Teas, with an illustration of one of the Lipton Tea-Gardens in Ceylon (Sri Lanka). 1896

Rama and the monkeys beseige Lanka (chromolitho)
735918 Rama and the monkeys beseige Lanka (chromolitho) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Rama and the monkeys beseige Lanka)

Sinhalese beauty, c. 1875 (albumen print)
STC256688 Sinhalese beauty, c.1875 (albumen print) by Skeen & Co. (fl.1870s-90s); 27.5x21.5 cm; Private Collection; The Stapleton Collection; English, out of copyright

Ravanas golden citadel in Lanka, c. 1610 (opaque w / c & gold on paper)
874299 Ravanas golden citadel in Lanka, c.1610 (opaque w/c & gold on paper) by Indian School, (17th century); 21.6 x13 cm; San Diego Museum of Art

The Stick Fishermen
Yaniv Guy

The Fishermen of Negombo, Sri Lanka - A life of Sacrifice © Nora de Angelli / www. noraphotos. com
Nora De Angelli

The Awakening of Kumbhakarna in the Golden City of Lanka, Folio from a Ramayana, ca. 1605

Kandian woman, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Date: circa 1890s

RACIAL / SRI LANKA / BARBER
A Tamil barber shaves a customers head Date: 1893

SRI LANKA / JUNGLE
Palm trees and other flora in the interior of the island Date: 1892

Trees - Palm, Palmyra
Palmyra palms provide little shade on a Sri Lanka beach Date: 1913

CORYPHA UMBRACULIFERA
Shadow palm - in the Sri Lanka jungle Date: 1913

Sri Lanka, Anuradhapura, Wesak Festival, Women with flower offerings at sunset

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Sri Lanka, Negombo, Single man sunbathing on towel on sand of beach and turning red with sunburn

Following the Boer War, the British transferred many of their prisoners to various countries and colonies under their domain in South and South East Asia

Signs advertise services of notaries, attorneys, solicitors
A mass of signs advertising the services of notaries, attorneys and solicitors in a Colombo street, Sri Lanka Date: 1995

Small children take a nap during the afternoon, Sri Lanka
Two nuns watch as small children take a nap during the heat of the afternoon at a school run by the The Good Shepherd Sisters, in Sri Lanka Date: 1995

Crow on motor bike, Sri Lanka
Carrion crow perched on the handle bars of a motor bike in Colombo, Sri Lanka Date: 1994

Crows on boats, Sri Lanka
Black crows on beached boats, Sri Lanka Date: 1994

Crow on boat, Sri Lanka
Black carrion crow on brightly painted boat bow, Sri Lanka Date: 1994

Mahout bathes an elephant, Sri Lanka - 4
A Mahout splashes water on an elephant while giving it a bath in the River Maha Oya near the Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage in Sri Lanka Date: 1994

Mahout bathes an elephant, Sri Lanka - 3
A Mahout splashes water on an elephant while giving it a bath in the River Maha Oya near the Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage in Sri Lanka Date: 1994

Mahout bathes an elephant, Sri Lanka - 2
A Mahout splashes water on an elephant while giving it a bath in the River Maha Oya near the Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage in Sri Lanka Date: 1994

Mahout bathes an elephant, Sri Lanka - 1
Mahout rests on Raja, an old blind elephant, after giving him a bath in the River Maha Oya near the Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage in Sri Lanka Date: 1994

Sri Lankan beach fishermen hauling nets - 3
Sri Lankan fishermen hauling a fishing net ashore on beach in Galle Date: 1994

Sri Lankan beach fishermen hauling nets - 2
Sri Lankan fishermen hauling a fishing net ashore on beach in Galle. Another gang of men launch their wooden fishing boat Date: 1994

Sri Lankan beach fishermen hauling nets - 1
A line of beach fishermen hauling their fishing net from the Indian Ocean, Galle, Sri Lanka Date: 1994

Crew of Sri Lankan fishing prau
Ragged Sri Lankan fishermen work their prau sailing boat off the coast of Sri Lanka Date: 1994

Sri Lankan fisherman in outrigger boat - 4
A ragged Sri Lankan fisherman in straw sun hat, on the bow of his prau sailing boat off the coast of Sri Lanka Date: 1994

Sri Lankan fisherman in outrigger boat - 3
A ragged Sri Lankan fisherman in straw sun hat, on the bow of his prau sailing boat off the coast of Sri Lanka Date: 1994

Sri Lankan fisherman in outrigger boat - 2
A ragged Sri Lankan fisherman in straw sun hat, on the bow of his prau sailing boat off the coast of Sri Lanka Date: 1994

Sri Lankan fisherman in outrigger boat - 1
A ragged Sri Lankan fisherman in straw sun hat, on the bow of his prau sailing boat off the coast of Sri Lanka Date: 1994

Three fishermen, Sri Lanka
Three ragged fishermen, two wearing headscarves, stand ready to launch their outrigger, prau, fishing boat from shallow water Munnakkara, Sri Lanka Date: 1994

Ragged boatman, Sri Lanka
Barefoot, ragged, skinny boatman wearing big floppy cap sits on a beached fishing boat on the beach at Galle, Sri Lanka Date: 1994

Sri Lankan pole fishermans catch
Poda, a Sri Lankan pole fisherman, or stilt fisherman. In podas hand are three small fishes - his entire catch for one day

Pole fishermen, Sri Lanka - 6
Sri Lankan pole fishermen, sometimes known as stilt fishing, on the coast near Galle, Sri Lanka. The man in the centre of the picture is Poda

Poda, a Sri Lankan pole fisherman, or stilt fisherman, portrait head and shoulders. He and his family were almost certainly killed in the tsumani of 2004 Date: 1994

Pole fishermen, Sri Lanka - 5
Sri Lankan pole fishermen, sometimes known as stilt fishing, on the coast near Galle, Sri Lanka. Pictured at dawn and silhouetted against the light Date: 1994

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