Caption

Tobacco fields on hilly terrain, Tobacco fields on the hills of Sumatra, photomechanical print, Part of Album with heliogravures of Sumatra's east coast., number: '22', photographer: Carl J. Kleingrothe, Sumatra, cliché maker: Johann Baptist Obernetter, Munich, in or before 1898, Carl J. Kleingrothe, Johann Baptist Obernetter, photographer, cliché maker, Bavaria, paper, photoaquatint, heliogravure, height 191 mm x width 290 mm, tobacco, plantation, (high) hill, field filled with a crop, A monochrome aerial view of terraced hills covered in cultivated rows with ridged patterns, showing slopes, ridges, and valleys; scattered trees and clusters of vegetation appear among the terraces; several long narrow wooden structures lie along the slopes and valley areas; a few small buildings or sheds are visible near the hilltops and within the valley; winding tracks and footpaths run up and down the hillsides; the sky above the horizon is pale and empty.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26A80_095

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Keywords

Tobacco fields hilly terrain hills Sumatra photomechanical print Part Album heliogravures Sumatra's east coast number 22 photographer Carl J Kleingrothe cliché maker Johann Baptist Obernetter Munich 1898 Bavaria paper photoaquatint heliogravure height 191 mm x width 290 mm tobacco plantation high hill field filled crop monochrome aerial view terraced hills covered cultivated rows ridged patterns showing slopes ridges valleys scattered trees clusters vegetation terraces several long narrow wooden structures lie slopes valley areas small buildings sheds visible near hilltops within valley winding tracks footpaths run up down hillsides sky horizon pale empty