Charles T. Scowen
Illustration — Self-portrait, circa 1880. Charles Thomas Scowen (11 March 1852 – 24 November 1948) was a British photographer during the nineteenth century. He was active as a photographer from 1871 to 1890, working in Sri Lanka and British India in the early 1870s.
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Charles T. Scowen
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- Born
- 1852 · England.
- Died
- 1948 · Sri Lanka.
- Nationality
- United Kingdom · United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Occupation
- photographer
- Languages
- English
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Illustration — Self-portrait, circa 1880. Charles Thomas Scowen (11 March 1852 – 24 November 1948) was a British photographer during the nineteenth century. He was active as a photographer from 1871 to 1890, working in Sri Lanka and British India in the early 1870s.
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Charles T. Scowen (1852–1948) was a British and British photographer. Born in England, the photographer died in Sri Lanka.
Languages used include English. Works by Charles T. Scowen are held at Netherlands Photo Museum, Photography Collection and Wereldmuseum Rotterdam.
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His work, which included landscapes and portraits of Malay women, is noted for its lighting, technically superior printing, and strong compositional qualities. Scowen's photographs are represented in the collections of the J. Paul Getty Museum, Yale University Art Gallery, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and the Lanckoroński’s Archive Photography of the Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences. He became a tea planter before retiring and returning to England around the turn of the century. He died in Sudbury, Suffolk, aged 96.
• Illustration — People in Ceylon, c. 1870s • Illustration — Landscape in Ceylon, c. 1870s • Illustration — OrchideeCattleya Trianae, Ceylon, 1870s • Illustration — The blossom and fruit of a coffee tree (Coffea arabica). Photograph by Scowen and company. • Illustration — Giant Bamboo, Ceylon c. 1875–1880
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1852
Charles T. Scowen was born on 1 January 1852.
1895
Charles T. Scowen died on 1 January 1895.
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- 1.Raheem, Ismeth. Images of British Ceylon: nineteenth century photography of Sri Lanka. Times Editions. 43. 2000. 9789812047786.
- 2.1911 England Census
- 3.1939 England and Wales Register
- 4.England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, 1973-1995
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Scowen is recorded as a citizen of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Scowen is recorded with the occupation photographer.
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Netherlands Photo Museum, Wereldmuseum Rotterdam, J. Paul Getty Museum and Photography Collection
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