Caption

Sunset behind Quarantine Island, Papeete Harbour. Canoe in foreground, Sunset over the Pacific Ocean, seen from Papeete harbour, page, photomechanical print, number: 'No. 9.', photographer: Henry Stuart-Wortley, Papeete, cliché maker: Meisenbach's Autotype Company, printer (person): Meisenbach's Autotype Company, 1880, Meisenbach's Autotype Company, photographer, French Polynesia, Tahiti, paper, collotype, photoprint, height 125 mm x width 138 mm, sunset, A shore scene with a calm expanse of water reflecting light from the sky, a small island with clustered trees visible on the horizon, scattered clouds filling much of the sky, a pair of narrow wooden canoes resting on rocky ground at the water's edge with one canoe showing an outrigger frame, and rocks and shoreline debris in the foreground.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B00_277

License type

Rights managed

Available size

43.0Mb (8.9Mb) / 12.7in x 13.2in / 3812 x 3945 (300dpi)

Keywords

Sunset Quarantine Island Papeete Harbour Canoe foreground Pacific Ocean Papeete harbour page photomechanical print number No 9 photographer Henry Stuart-Wortley Papeete cliché maker Meisenbach's Autotype Company printer person 1880 French Polynesia Tahiti paper collotype photoprint height 125 mm x width 138 mm sunset shore scene calm expanse water reflecting light sky small island clustered trees visible horizon scattered clouds filling pair narrow wooden canoes resting rocky ground water's edge canoe showing outrigger frame rocks shoreline debris foreground