The Ceylon Plates

The collection

Natural History

Elephants, giant bamboo, palms and botanical studies.

TCP-N111Traveller's palm against shedc. 1880–1900TCP-N38Avenue of Cabbage (royal) palmsRoyal Botanic Gardens, Peradeniya · c. 1880–1900TCP-N236Tree fernHakgala or Nuwara Eliya area (probable) · c. 1880–1900TCP-N82Palm collection on circular bedRoyal Botanic Gardens, Peradeniya · c. 1880–1900TCP-N42Elephant with mahout and fodderc. 1880–1900TCP-N44Elephant pulling a heavy cart among palmsc. 1880–1900TCP-N229Traveller's palm beside a garden pathDate unknownTCP-N180Forest of bamboo or thin stems with pathc. 1880–1900TCP-N6Phoenix sylvestris palm in a gardenRoyal Botanic Gardens, Peradeniya (probable) · c. 1880–1900TCP-N185White humped bull with handler against wallc. 1880–1900TCP-N2Man seated holding a large python, studioColombo studio (probable) · c. 1880–1900TCP-N8Coffee shrub in full leafCentral highlands · 1883TCP-N192Elephants with mahouts on a slopec. 1880–1900TCP-N138Giant bamboo stems with a childRoyal Botanic Gardens, Peradeniya · c. 1880–1900TCP-N33Coffee bush in blossomCentral highlands · c. 1875–1890TCP-N97Giant bamboo clumps reflected in a pondRoyal Botanic Gardens, Peradeniya · c. 1880–1900TCP-N208Talipot palm in flower beyond a paddock fenceDate unknownTCP-N88Durian fruit, whole and openedRoyal Botanic Gardens, Peradeniya (probable) · c. 1875–1895TCP-N19Mixed palms in a gardenRoyal Botanic Gardens, Peradeniya (probable) · c. 1880–1900TCP-N134Palm circle with hut and hedgesRoyal Botanic Gardens, Peradeniya · c. 1880–1900TCP-N155Talipot palm in flower among palmsRoyal Botanic Gardens, Peradeniya (probable) · c. 1880–1900TCP-N226Giant bamboo stems with sheathRoyal Botanic Gardens, Peradeniya · c. 1880–1900TCP-N89Banyan tree with hanging aerial rootsc. 1880–1900TCP-N167Dark gnarled forest and pathHorton Plains or Nuwara Eliya area (possible) · c. 1880–1900TCP-N71Young tree in a gardenRoyal Botanic Gardens, Peradeniya (possible) · c. 1880–1900TCP-N112The great fan of a traveller's palmDate unknownTCP-N222Tree fernsHakgala or Nuwara Eliya area (probable) · c. 1880–1900TCP-N187Cattle resting by a thatched shed, palmsc. 1880–1900TCP-N172Great fig and circular pond with buildingRoyal Botanic Gardens, Peradeniya (probable) · c. 1880–1900TCP-N205Amherstia nobilis flower and foliage studyRoyal Botanic Gardens, Peradeniya (probable) · c. 1875–1895TCP-N27Group beneath banana plantsc. 1880–1900TCP-N50Elephants in forest gladec. 1880–1900TCP-N128Banyan arch over road, gate pillars at leftGalle Road near Kalutara (possible) · c. 1880–1900TCP-N81Palm avenue with driveRoyal Botanic Gardens, Peradeniya · c. 1880–1900TCP-N79Fan palm above garden pathRoyal Botanic Gardens, Peradeniya (probable) · c. 1880–1900TCP-N67Talipot palm in flower with thin palmCentral Sri Lanka (probable) · c. 1880–1900TCP-N210Palm circle with hedgesRoyal Botanic Gardens, Peradeniya · c. 1885–1905TCP-N130The Great Banyan Tree, with people and a street lampColombo (possible) · c. 1890–1910TCP-N140Bamboo beside pond with figureRoyal Botanic Gardens, Peradeniya · c. 1880–1900TCP-N20Palm-lined garden driveRoyal Botanic Gardens, Peradeniya (probable) · c. 1880–1900TCP-N5Talipot palm in full flowerPeradeniya (probable) · c. 1880–1900TCP-N62Talipot palm in flowerCentral Sri Lanka (probable) · c. 1880–1900TCP-N213Palm bed on a lawn with distant hillsRoyal Botanic Gardens, Peradeniya (probable) · c. 1885–1905TCP-N96Giant bamboo beside the MahaweliRoyal Botanic Gardens, Peradeniya · c. 1880–1900TCP-N47Elephants bathing in a riverMahaweli at Katugastota, near Kandy (probable) · c. 1880–1900TCP-N24Great spreading fig tree (Ficus benjamina, probable)Royal Botanic Gardens, Peradeniya · c. 1880–1900TCP-N75Fan-palm clump beneath great treeRoyal Botanic Gardens, Peradeniya (probable) · c. 1880–1900TCP-N76Giant bamboo stemsRoyal Botanic Gardens, Peradeniya · c. 1880–1900

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