Resthouse at Nalanda Gedidge, Sri Lanka, page, photomechanical print, title: 'REST-HOUSE AT NALANDA.', photographer: Henry William Cave, Nalanda Gedige, cliché maker: anonymous, 1896, South Asia, paper, Woodburygravure, height 149 mm x width 185 mm, Print for page 15., trees, hotel, hostelry, inn, A sepia-toned scene of a tropical landscape dominated by tall trees and palms with long trunks and feathery fronds, dense foliage filling the upper portion of the image and casting dappled shade below, a dirt path leading from the foreground toward a group of simple wooden buildings with pitched roofs partially obscured by vegetation, a person standing on the path holding a child, large exposed tree roots and trunks visible at the left, scattered low plants and grassy ground at the right, and filtered light creating soft contrasts across the scene.
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Resthouse at Nalanda Gedidge, Sri Lanka, page, photomechanical print, title: 'REST-HOUSE AT NALANDA.', photographer: Henry William Cave, Nalanda Gedige, cliché maker: anonymous, 1896, South Asia, paper, Woodburygravure, height 149 mm x width 185 mm, Print for page 15., trees, hotel, hostelry, inn, A sepia-toned scene of a tropical landscape dominated by tall trees and palms with long trunks and feathery fronds, dense foliage filling the upper portion of the image and casting dappled shade below, a dirt path leading from the foreground toward a group of simple wooden buildings with pitched roofs partially obscured by vegetation, a person standing on the path holding a child, large exposed tree roots and trunks visible at the left, scattered low plants and grassy ground at the right, and filtered light creating soft contrasts across the scene.

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Resthouse Nalanda Gedidge Sri Lanka page photomechanical print title Rest-House Nalanda photographer Henry William Cave Nalanda Gedige cliché maker anonymous 1896 South Asia paper Woodburygravure height 149 mm x width 185 mm Print page 15 trees hotel hostelry inn sepia-toned scene tropical landscape dominated tall trees palms long trunks feathery fronds dense foliage filling upper portion image casting dappled shade dirt path leading foreground group simple wooden buildings pitched roofs partially obscured vegetation person standing path holding child large exposed tree roots trunks visible left scattered low plants grassy ground right filtered light creating soft contrasts across scene

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