Caption

Rice fields, page, photomechanical print, inscription: 'Rizières', maker: Henry William Cave, Ceylon, c. 1900, South Asia, paper, collotype, photoprint, height 124 mm x width 188 mm, sawahs, rice paddies, A wide black-and-white photograph of a steep, terraced hillside with layered rice paddies carved into the slope, dense vegetation covering much of the hill, and a ridge rising to a rounded summit; in the foreground there are rocky outcrops, plants and trees, and two people near the lower terraces, one standing and carrying an object on their head and the other seated on a rock; scattered trees and palms dot the terraces and lower slopes, and the sky above is pale and largely unobstructed.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A79_310

License type

Rights managed

Available size

43.4Mb (9.4Mb) / 15.7in x 10.8in / 4697 x 3232 (300dpi)

Keywords

Rice fields page photomechanical print inscription Rizières maker Henry William Cave Ceylon c 1900 South Asia paper collotype photoprint height 124 mm x width 188 mm sawahs rice paddies wide black- -white photograph steep terraced hillside layered rice paddies carved slope dense vegetation covering hill ridge rising rounded summit foreground rocky outcrops plants trees two people near lower terraces standing carrying object head seated rock scattered trees palms dot terraces lower slopes sky pale largely unobstructed