Tour group with bullock carts in Minneriya, Sri Lanka, page, photomechanical print, title: 'RETURNING FROM POLONNARUWA AT EVENTIDE.', photographer: Henry William Cave, Minneriya, cliché maker: anonymous, 1896, South Asia, paper, Woodburygravure, height 101 mm x width 196 mm, Print for page 103., 'en route', traveler under way, two-wheeled vehicle drawn by one animal, ox, A wide landscape photograph showing a grassy field in the foreground with a group of people standing and walking among two horse-drawn carts; one cart has a covered top and large wooden wheels while the other is more open and shows harnessed animals at the shafts; the people wear simple clothing and head coverings and some appear to be guiding the animals. Behind them is a strip of water reflecting the sky and a dark, tree-covered hill rising across the middle of the image. Above the hill a broad sky filled with heavy, textured clouds occupies the upper portion of the scene.
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Tour group with bullock carts in Minneriya, Sri Lanka, page, photomechanical print, title: 'RETURNING FROM POLONNARUWA AT EVENTIDE.', photographer: Henry William Cave, Minneriya, cliché maker: anonymous, 1896, South Asia, paper, Woodburygravure, height 101 mm x width 196 mm, Print for page 103., 'en route', traveler under way, two-wheeled vehicle drawn by one animal, ox, A wide landscape photograph showing a grassy field in the foreground with a group of people standing and walking among two horse-drawn carts; one cart has a covered top and large wooden wheels while the other is more open and shows harnessed animals at the shafts; the people wear simple clothing and head coverings and some appear to be guiding the animals. Behind them is a strip of water reflecting the sky and a dark, tree-covered hill rising across the middle of the image. Above the hill a broad sky filled with heavy, textured clouds occupies the upper portion of the scene.

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Tour group bullock carts Minneriya Sri Lanka page photomechanical print title Returning Polonnaruwa Eventide photographer Henry William Cave cliché maker anonymous 1896 South Asia paper Woodburygravure height 101 mm x width 196 mm Print page 103 en route traveler under way two-wheeled vehicle drawn animal ox wide landscape photograph showing grassy field foreground group people standing walking two horse-drawn carts cart covered top large wooden wheels open harnessed animals shafts people wear simple clothing head coverings guiding animals them strip water reflecting sky dark tree-covered hill rising across middle image hill broad sky filled heavy textured clouds occupies upper portion scene

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