Description: Original large albumen photograph by Skeen showing a grove of giant palm trees dwarfing a native man in Ceylon (modern day Sri Lanka), c1890. Original albumen photograph. Mounted on pale green album card. Verso with evidence of another photograph having been removed. Undated but c1890. Contemporary inscription in pen on lower edge of mount in German 'Palmengruppe'. Size: photograph - 26.3cm x 20.7cm / album card -33.5cm x 27.2cm. Tones generally very strong. Light age-toning to edges. Old blue paper mounting residue to reverse. A large albumen photograph showing a grove of giant palm trees in Ceylon, produced by Skeen circa 1880. PRINTS BOOKS PHOTOGRAPHS MANUSCRIPTS CURIOSITIES key words:
Price: 135 GBP
Location: Ascot
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Shipping Cost: 27.75 GBP
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Returns Accepted: Returns Accepted
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Production Technique: Albumen
Country/Region of Manufacture: Sri Lanka
Style: Landscape
Theme: Natural History
Type: Photograph
Antique: Yes
Vintage: Yes
Subject: Sports, Tree
Image Colour: Black & White
Original/Licensed Reprint: Original
Year of Production: 1890
Time Period Manufactured: 1850-1899
