A Creeper in the Peradeniya Gardens, Ceylon
Medium
Albumen print from glass plate negative
Dimensions
image: 27.7 × 21.5 cm · mounted: 29.3 × 23 cm
Classification
Photograph
Department
Photography
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Gift of Catherine Glynn Benkaim and Barbara Timmer
Accession Number
2018.37
Tags
male
About this artwork
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.