Magazine advertising: Tetley’s Tea Taster Trincomalee Wharf , Sri Lanka 1959 #IMG766a Magazine advertisement published in 1959 The Tetley Tea Taster goes where tiny tea leaves grow! Albert Dimes, the Tetley Tea Taster, is a man who not compromise. “Mr. Tea” prefers to taste tea right where it is grown. Here you see him at […]
Fishing cove near Colombo C.1808 #IMG681 Artist:Daniell, William (1769-1837), after Daniell, Samuel (1775-1811); ‘The fishing cove, near Columbo.’ Plate 10 from ‘A picturesque illustration of the scenery, animals and native inhabitants, of the Island of Ceylon: in twelve plates, engraved after drawings (from nature) of Samuel Daniell.’ London:1808. Image submitted by Niranjan Karunathilake
Sketches made on the spot by
Capt. C O’ Brien
Late Assistant Surveyor General, Ceylon – 1864