William L. H. Skeen
Kandy Railway, Ceylon
About this artwork
In 1864 a rail network was introduced to Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) by the British colonial government, primarily to transport tea from the hillside plantations to the capital of Colombo. The rapid expansion of the railway from the 1860s to the 1890s was documented by W. L. H. Skeen and Co, the largest commercial photography studio in Ceylon.
Updated before 2020
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artist:William L. H. Skeen (died 1903) British
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title:Kandy Railway, Ceylon
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date created:About 1870
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object type:
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credit line:Gift of Mrs Riddell in memory of Peter Fletcher Riddell, 1985
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accession number:PGP R 2210
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William L. H. Skeen
William L. H. Skeen
William Louis Henry Skeen was the son of a photographer, William Skeen, who had founded a studio in Colombo, Sri Lanka. He was trained at the London School of Photography and returned to the family business about 1862. The firm recorded every aspect of life on the island, specialising in...
