Caption

View of Venice from the quay of San Lazzaro degli Armeni, La terrasse, The terrace, photograph, page, San Lazzaro degli Armeni, c. 1874 - in or before 1879, photographer, paper, albumen print, height 88 mm x width 129 mm, Photo on unnumbered page opposite page 23., city-view in general, 'veduta', terrace, Venice, A sepia-toned scene shows wide stone steps leading down to a gated opening in a low stone wall with a diagonal stone beam across the steps; a tall stone pillar stands at the top of the steps beside a brick wall where a figure draped in a cloak stands facing the water; across the water a distant city skyline with spires and low buildings is visible under a pale sky; on the right a person in dark clothing sits on a stone ledge partially shaded by leafy branches of a tree, with the water and shoreline extending behind them.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26A81_108

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Keywords

View Venice quay San Lazzaro degli Armeni La terrasse terrace photograph page c 1874 - 1879 photographer paper albumen print height 88 mm x width 129 mm Photo unnumbered page opposite page 23 city-view general veduta sepia-toned scene wide stone steps leading down gated opening low wall diagonal beam across tall pillar stands top steps beside brick wall figure draped cloak stands facing water across distant city skyline spires low buildings visible under pale sky right person dark clothing sits stone ledge partially shaded leafy branches tree shoreline extending them