Caption

View of the ruins of Magnesia on the Sipylos, photograph, page, photographer: Alexander Svoboda, Asia Minor, c. 1859 - in or before 1869, paper, albumen print, height 129 mm x width 179 mm, ruin of a building, architecture, (high) hill, Magnesia on the Sipylos, A wide landscape photograph showing a mountainous backdrop with steep rocky slopes and ridges, a midground of rolling hills with scattered trees and terraced areas, and a foreground containing a flat field with rows of vegetation and a few small groups of people standing or sitting; along the base of the hills there is a spread of low buildings and a taller tower-like structure among them, and the overall image has a faded, sepia-toned appearance.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A99_454

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33.6Mb (7.1Mb) / 13.2in x 9.9in / 3950 x 2975 (300dpi)

Keywords

View ruins Magnesia Sipylos photograph page photographer Alexander Svoboda Asia Minor c 1859 - 1869 paper albumen print height 129 mm x width 179 mm ruin building architecture high hill wide landscape photograph showing mountainous backdrop steep rocky slopes ridges midground rolling hills scattered trees terraced areas foreground containing flat field rows vegetation small groups people standing sitting base hills spread low buildings taller tower- structure them image faded sepia-toned appearance