Caption

Landscape with rock wall and a man, photograph, page, inscription: ''Soft airs and gentle heavings of the wave.', p. 162.', c. 1885 - in or before c. 1890, photographer, paper, albumen print, albumendruk, height 108 mm x width 69 mm, coastal cliff or crag (landscape with figures, staffage), A sepia-toned photograph bordered by decorative patterned margins shows a rugged coastal cliff dropping steeply to a calm sea, with layered rock faces and grassy terrain at the top. The coastline curves into a sheltered inlet where rocky outcrops meet the water. In the foreground, a person wearing a wide-brimmed straw hat reclines on the grassy slope facing the sea, with nearby low shrubs and grasses around them. The sky above the distant cliffs is pale and expansive.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A79_437

License type

Rights managed

Available size

55.1Mb (10.2Mb) / 11.8in x 18.1in / 3553 x 5423 (300dpi)

Keywords

Landscape rock wall man photograph page inscription Soft airs gentle heavings wave p 162 c 1885 - 1890 photographer paper albumen print albumendruk height 108 mm x width 69 mm coastal cliff crag landscape figures staffage sepia-toned photograph bordered decorative patterned margins rugged coastal cliff dropping steeply calm sea layered rock faces grassy terrain top coastline curves sheltered inlet rocky outcrops meet water foreground person wearing wide-brimmed straw hat reclines grassy slope facing sea nearby low shrubs grasses them sky distant cliffs pale expansive