Caption

View of a house in Tahiti, Native Huts in the woods. E. side of the Island, page, photomechanical print, number: 'No. 7.', 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 139 mm x width 159 mm, trees: palm-tree, hut, cabin, lodge, Tall palm trees with long arching fronds dominate the left side of the scene, their slender trunks rising from dense undergrowth of broad-leaved plants and smaller trees. A large leafy tree fills the right side, its dense canopy showing many overlapping leaves. In the lower right corner a thatched roof structure with vertical wooden slats is partially visible, and a short fence-like railing runs across the foreground. The sky above is light and largely clear.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B00_298

License type

Rights managed

Available size

37.5Mb (10.9Mb) / 13.0in x 11.2in / 3891 x 3372 (300dpi)

Keywords

View house Tahiti Native Huts woods E side Island page photomechanical print number No 7 photographer Henry Stuart-Wortley cliché maker Meisenbach's Autotype Company printer person 1880 French Polynesia paper collotype photoprint height 139 mm x width 159 mm trees palm-tree hut cabin lodge Tall palm trees long arching fronds dominate left side scene slender trunks rising dense undergrowth broad-leaved plants smaller trees large leafy tree fills right side dense canopy showing overlapping leaves lower right corner thatched roof structure vertical wooden slats partially visible short fence- railing runs across foreground sky light largely clear