A Sri Lankan woman standing by a river or lake

A black and white portrait photograph of a Sri Lankan woman, slightly out-of-focus. She is shown in profile, facing towards the right of image and stands with her arms folded. A body of water can be seen behind her with trees or other thick vegetation visible on the far bank.

Original caption: [derogatory] ‘A dusky maid of Kandy, Ceylon’.

Object Details

ID: ALB0323.20
Type: Photographic print
Display location: Not on display
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Parts: HMS Hawkins (1917), China Station, 1919-1921 (Photograph album)