Caption

Going to a Picnic: our Servants with provisions, Man and woman with food for a picnic in Tahiti, page, photomechanical print, number: 'No. 26.', photographer: Henry Stuart-Wortley, Tahiti, cliché maker: Meisenbach's Autotype Company, printer (person): Meisenbach's Autotype Company, 1880, Meisenbach's Autotype Company, photographer, French Polynesia, paper, collotype, photoprint, height 137 mm x width 168 mm, picnic, alfresco, 'déjeuner sur l'herbe', A sepia photograph showing two people standing outdoors among dense foliage, each carrying a long horizontal pole across their shoulders from which woven baskets and clusters of fruit hang, one person facing sideways with a decorative headpiece and patterned cloth around the waist while holding a carcass, the other person holding the end of a pole and wearing a patterned garment and a head covering made of plant material, tall leafy plants fill the background and grass covers the ground beneath their bare feet.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B00_292

License type

Rights managed

Available size

48.9Mb (12.6Mb) / 14.5in x 13.1in / 4359 x 3921 (300dpi)

Keywords

Going Picnic our Servants provisions Man woman food picnic Tahiti page photomechanical print number No 26 photographer Henry Stuart-Wortley cliché maker Meisenbach's Autotype Company printer person 1880 French Polynesia paper collotype photoprint height 137 mm x width 168 mm alfresco déjeuner l'herbe sepia photograph showing two people standing outdoors dense foliage carrying long horizontal pole across shoulders woven baskets clusters fruit hang facing sideways decorative headpiece patterned cloth waist holding carcass person holding pole wearing patterned garment head covering plant material tall leafy plants fill background grass covers ground beneath bare feet