Cinghalese chiefs waiting for the Prince of Wales at Kandy, Ceylon
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826653
Item data
Title
Cinghalese chiefs waiting for the Prince of Wales at Kandy, Ceylon
Collection
Wallach Division Picture Collection
Costume -- Regional -- A-L
Date / Origin
Date Issued: 1876
Library Location
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC COSTU-Reg-(A-L)
Subjects
Hats
Costumes
Necklaces
Men -- Clothing & dress -- Sri Lanka
Sinhalese (Sri Lankan people) -- Clothing & dress
Costumes -- Sri Lankan
Tribal chiefs -- Sri Lanka
Genres
Notes
Content: Printed on border: "Takiri Banda Panabokke, President of Tribunal, Dumbera ; Giragama, Ratemahatmeya of Yatimwera ; John Richard Paranagama, Ratemahatmeya of Jumpane (A Christian)" "From a sketch by one of our special artists" Written on border: "Jan. 15, 1876"
Source Note: Illustrated London news. (London : Illustrated London News and Sketch Ltd., 1842-).
Physical Description
Extent: 1 print : b ; 28 x 24 cm. (11 x 9 1/2 in.)
Identifiers
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b17567131
Barcode: 33333159268057
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 85b5d570-c54b-012f-8594-58d385a7bc34
Rights
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Type Of Resource
Date Issued
1876
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MLA format
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Cinghalese chiefs waiting for the Prince of Wales at Kandy, Ceylon" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1876. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/85b5d570-c54b-012f-8594-58d385a7bc34
APA format
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1876). Cinghalese chiefs waiting for the Prince of Wales at Kandy, Ceylon Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/85b5d570-c54b-012f-8594-58d385a7bc34
Chicago/Turabian Format
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Cinghalese chiefs waiting for the Prince of Wales at Kandy, Ceylon" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 11, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/85b5d570-c54b-012f-8594-58d385a7bc34
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