Caption

Landscape with water, palm trees and buildings, Middle East, photograph, Middle East., inscription: 'Village arabe aux Piramides ?', signature: 'JP Sebah', number: '314', photographer: Pascal Sébah, c. 1880 - c. 1900, paper, albumen print, height 212 mm x width 272 mm, A riverside scene showing a row of tall palm trees of varying heights standing behind low, mud-brick structures with simple openings, their trunks and fronds reflected in the calm water in the foreground; a few figures in traditional robes are near the water, some on camels and others standing or sitting, and scattered palm clusters and smaller vegetation occupy the area among the buildings, creating a horizontal composition with the sky occupying the upper portion.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A77_016

License type

Rights managed

Available size

47.9Mb (6.8Mb) / 15.3in x 12.1in / 4597 x 3644 (300dpi)

Keywords

Landscape water palm trees buildings Middle East photograph inscription Village arabe aux Piramides signature JP Sebah number 314 photographer Pascal Sébah c 1880 - c 1900 paper albumen print height 212 mm x width 272 mm riverside scene showing row tall palm trees varying heights standing low mud-brick structures simple openings trunks fronds reflected calm water foreground figures traditional robes near camels standing sitting scattered palm clusters smaller vegetation occupy area creating horizontal composition sky occupying upper portion