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Thomas Yates Wright Collection: Photographs of Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
Catalogue reference: Photo 1359
What’s it about?
This record is about the Thomas Yates Wright Collection: Photographs of Ceylon (Sri Lanka) dating from 1890-1940s.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- Photo 1359
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Title (The name of the record)
- Thomas Yates Wright Collection: Photographs of Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1890-1940s
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Description (What the record is about)
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Collection of 70 loose, captioned prints relating to the life in Ceylon of Colonel Thomas Yates Wright (b. 1869), a tea plantation manager on the island from 1889. The material includes photographs of social life, sporting events and portraits. The collection includes portraits of the following figures: Sir Don Baron Jayatilaka (1868-1944), Lord Baden Powell (visiting Colombo), Major Harold North, Ramasamy Mahomed Kangany, Willie Pickering, Hervey Hopwood, Bill Lancaster, Percy Hartin, John Manners, Harold Stevenson, Sir Kudah and Lady Ratwatte, Charlie Ferguson, H. J. Temple, Duke of Gloucester (visiting Ceylon), Sir William Manning, Thomas North Christie, Captain John Keith Jolly, Betty and Tom Walker, Sir William Gibbon, Major Scoble Nicholson. The collection also includes a few Scottish scenes.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a draft of Wright's memoir, Ceylon in my time, see Mss Eur F353.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- British Library: Asian and African Studies
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- Mss Eur F353
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Not Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Wright, Thomas Yates, Colonel, Unspecified
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 70 photographic prints
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Unrestricted. Appointment Required to view these records. Please consult Asian and African Studies Print Room staff.
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
- Transferred from Mss Eur F353
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/70267c3d-8c20-4930-98d7-ed9a8e05bc62/
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Thomas Yates Wright Collection: Photographs of Ceylon (Sri Lanka)