Caption

Baths of Pfeffers, View of the thermal baths of Pfeffers, photograph, page, inscription: 'I. The old baths', photographer: Stephen Thompson, Tamina, c. 1863 - in or before 1868, paper, albumen print, height 120 mm x width 83 mm, river, watering-place, spa, ravine, chasm, abyss, canyon (landscape with figures, staffage), A pale, aged paper sheet holds two rounded-rectangle sepia photographs side by side with a thin decorative vertical flourish between them; the left photograph shows a multi-story building with pitched roofs nestled against steep rocky cliffs and surrounded by dense foliage and a narrow rocky stream in the foreground, while the right photograph shows a narrow gorge with tall, textured rock walls and a winding path with a wooden railing leading toward a bright vertical shaft of water cascading between the rocks.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26A77_265

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48.9Mb (7.0Mb) / 16.4in x 11.6in / 4922 x 3476 (300dpi)

Keywords

Baths Pfeffers View thermal baths photograph page inscription I old baths photographer Stephen Thompson Tamina c 1863 - 1868 paper albumen print height 120 mm x width 83 mm river watering-place spa ravine chasm abyss canyon landscape figures staffage pale aged paper sheet holds two rounded-rectangle sepia photographs side side thin decorative vertical flourish them left photograph multi-story building pitched roofs nestled steep rocky cliffs surrounded dense foliage narrow rocky stream foreground right photograph narrow gorge tall textured rock walls winding path wooden railing leading bright vertical shaft water cascading rocks