Caption

View of a beach with palm trees at sunrise on Tahiti, Captain Cook's first landing-place. Sunrise, page, photomechanical print, number: 'No. 1.', photographer: Henry Stuart-Wortley, Tahiti, cliché maker: Meisenbach's Autotype Company, printer (person): Meisenbach's Autotype Company, 1880, Henry Stuart-Wortley, Meisenbach's Autotype Company, photographer, French Polynesia, paper, collotype, photogravure, height 135 mm x width 135 mm, Print opposite title page., beach, trees: palm-tree, A grayscale coastal scene showing a horizon over calm water with a bright circular light near the horizon and reflections on the water, cloud formations in the sky, a shoreline with dark rocky foreground shapes and a narrow water channel leading inward, silhouetted tall palm trees with visible fronds clustered on the right side, smaller shrubs and vegetation near the shore, and partial overhanging leaves at the upper corners.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B00_276

License type

Rights managed

Available size

41.0Mb (10.1Mb) / 12.0in x 13.3in / 3588 x 3991 (300dpi)

Keywords

View beach palm trees sunrise Tahiti Captain Cook's first landing-place Sunrise page photomechanical print number No 1 photographer Henry Stuart-Wortley cliché maker Meisenbach's Autotype Company printer person 1880 French Polynesia paper collotype photogravure height 135 mm x width 135 mm Print opposite title page trees palm-tree grayscale coastal scene showing horizon calm water bright circular light near reflections water cloud formations sky shoreline dark rocky foreground shapes narrow water channel leading inward silhouetted tall palm trees visible fronds clustered right side smaller shrubs vegetation near shore partial overhanging leaves upper corners