Caption

Gibbs' Hill Lighthouse, page, photomechanical print, photographer: James H. Stark, Bermuda, cliché maker: Photo-Electrotype Company, Boston (Massachusetts), c. 1879 - in or before 1884, James H. Stark, Photo-Electrotype Company, photographer, cliché maker, North America, Massachusetts, paper, collotype, photoprint, height 151 mm x width 90 mm, lighthouse, lightship, Gibbs Hill Lighthouse, A tall cylindrical lighthouse rises from behind a sand dune covered in low, scrubby vegetation, its smooth shaft tapering slightly toward a lantern room with vertical window panels and a domed roof; in front of the lighthouse the dune slopes down with scattered grasses and small bushes, and a thin pole with supporting guy wires stands near the base of the tower.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A77_148

License type

Rights managed

Available size

35.2Mb (7.2Mb) / 9.4in x 14.5in / 2830 x 4344 (300dpi)

Keywords

Gibbs Hill Lighthouse page photomechanical print photographer James H Stark Bermuda cliché maker Photo-Electrotype Company Boston Massachusetts c 1879 - 1884 North America paper collotype photoprint height 151 mm x width 90 mm lighthouse lightship Gibbs Hill Lighthouse tall cylindrical lighthouse rises sand dune covered low scrubby vegetation smooth shaft tapering slightly lantern room vertical window panels domed roof front dune slopes down scattered grasses small bushes thin pole supporting guy wires stands near base tower