id:			311763
accession number:	2018.39
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2018.39
updated:		2023-09-29 11:03:31.818000

Entrance to the Nata Dewale Grounds, Kandy, c. 1880. Scowen & Co. (British, active Ceylon, 1876–1895). Albumen print from glass plate negative; image: 28 x 22.1 cm (11 x 8 11/16 in.); paper: 28 x 22.1 cm (11 x 8 11/16 in.); mounted: 35.4 x 27.5 cm (13 15/16 x 10 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Catherine Glynn Benkaim and Barbara Timmer 2018.39

title:				Entrance to the Nata Dewale Grounds, Kandy
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creation date:			c. 1880
creation date earliest:		1875
creation date latest:		1885
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creditline:			Gift of Catherine Glynn Benkaim and Barbara Timmer
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culture:	India, 19th century
technique:	Albumen print from glass plate negative
department:	Photography
collection:	PH - British 19th Century
type:		Photograph
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CREATORS

* Scowen & Co. (British, active Ceylon, 1876–1895)  - artist

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measurements: Image: 28 x 22.1 cm (11 x 8 11/16 in.); Paper: 28 x 22.1 cm (11 x 8 11/16 in.); Mounted: 35.4 x 27.5 cm (13 15/16 x 10 13/16 in.)
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	inscription:	Written in black ink on recto of mount: “Temple”
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	inscription:	Imprinted in white type on recto of photograph: “ENTRANCE TO THE NATA DEWALE GROUNDS, KANDY”
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	inscription:	Imprinted in black type on recto of photograph: “Scowen”
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	inscription:	Imprinted in white type on recto of photograph: “SCOWEN & Co.”
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Bruno Tartarain, photovintagefrance, Arnaville, France
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	Catherine Glynn Benkaim and Barbara Timmer, Beverly Hills, CA
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	the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: June 4, 2018
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fun fact:


digital description:
This is probably the entrance to a site for the worship of Natha, the Ceylonese counterpart of the all-compassionate Buddhist deity Mahayana Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara. The shrine in Kandy dedicated to him, considered an especially lucky and sacred place, was where some royal ceremonies were held, including that for the naming of new kings.

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