# A Creeper in the Peradeniya Gardens, Ceylon

- By: Scowen & Co. (British, active Ceylon, 1876–1895)
- Date: c. 1880
- Medium: Albumen print from glass plate negative
- Classification: Photograph
- Dimensions: Image: 27.7 x 21.5 cm (10 7/8 x 8 7/16 in.); Paper: 27.7 x 21.5 cm (10 7/8 x 8 7/16 in.); Mounted: 29.3 x 23 cm (11 9/16 x 9 1/16 in.)
- Culture: India, 19th century
- Credit line: Gift of Catherine Glynn Benkaim and Barbara Timmer
- Museum: [Cleveland Museum of Art](https://clevelandart.org/art/2018.37)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2018.37/2018.37_web.jpg
- Who can see it: Kids profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

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.