A Creeper in the Peradeniya Gardens, Ceylon (c. 1880): Art, History and Details

A Creeper in the Peradeniya Gardens, Ceylon (c. 1880) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Scowen & Co. (British, active Ceylon, 1876–1895).

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

The extravagant baroque curves of this vine were shot in what are now known as the Royal Botanical Gardens. With origins as far back as 1371, the gardens were formally established by the colonial government in 1843 using European plants from Kew Garden in London and native specimens from Slave Island, Colombo, and the Kalutara Garden in Kalutara. Ceylon is now the nation of Sri Lanka.

Object facts

• Title: A Creeper in the Peradeniya Gardens, Ceylon
• Date: c. 1880
• Creator attribution: Scowen & Co. (British, active Ceylon, 1876–1895)
• Culture: India, 19th century
• Type: Photograph
• Technique: Albumen print from glass plate negative
• Dimensions: Image: 27.7 x 21.5 cm (10 7/8 x 8 7/16 in.); Paper: 27.7 x 21.5 cm (10 7/8 x 8 7/16 in.); Mounted: 29.3 x 23 cm (11 9/16 x 9 1/16 in.)
• Collection: PH - British 19th Century
• Department: Photography
• Accession number: 2018.37

Collection credit

Gift of Catherine Glynn Benkaim and Barbara Timmer

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