Monolithic cistern at Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka, page, photomechanical print, signature: 'Woodbury P ?', title: 'MONOLITHIC CISTERN.', photographer: Henry William Cave, Anuradhapura, cliché maker: Woodbury Permanent Photographic Printing Company, 1896, South Asia, paper, autotypie, height 76 mm x width 120 mm, sink, basin, Thuparamaya, A sepia-toned scene shows a stone structure set against large rounded rock formations beside a calm reflective pool, with a small pavilion featuring a gabled roof and open sides perched on a raised stone platform; there are carved stone steps and remnants of masonry leading down to the water, a tall palm tree and other vegetation near the rocks, and a stepped stone terrace and wall extending along the right side, while distant temple-like spires and an archway rise behind the rocks beneath a cloudy sky.
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Monolithic cistern at Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka, page, photomechanical print, signature: 'Woodbury P ?', title: 'MONOLITHIC CISTERN.', photographer: Henry William Cave, Anuradhapura, cliché maker: Woodbury Permanent Photographic Printing Company, 1896, South Asia, paper, autotypie, height 76 mm x width 120 mm, sink, basin, Thuparamaya, A sepia-toned scene shows a stone structure set against large rounded rock formations beside a calm reflective pool, with a small pavilion featuring a gabled roof and open sides perched on a raised stone platform; there are carved stone steps and remnants of masonry leading down to the water, a tall palm tree and other vegetation near the rocks, and a stepped stone terrace and wall extending along the right side, while distant temple-like spires and an archway rise behind the rocks beneath a cloudy sky.

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Monolithic cistern Anuradhapura Sri Lanka page photomechanical print signature Woodbury P title Monolithic Cistern photographer Henry William Cave cliché maker Woodbury Permanent Photographic Printing Company 1896 South Asia paper autotypie height 76 mm x width 120 mm sink basin Thuparamaya sepia-toned scene stone structure set large rounded rock formations beside calm reflective pool small pavilion featuring gabled roof open sides perched raised stone platform carved stone steps remnants masonry leading down water tall palm tree vegetation near rocks stepped stone terrace wall extending right side distant temple- spires archway rise rocks beneath cloudy sky

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