Caption

View of La Guaira in Venezuela, page, photomechanical print, number: 'Tab. XVIII.', photographer: Jacobus Rudolphus Neervoort van de Poll (possibly), Venezuela, cliché maker: anonymous, c. 1877 - in or before 1887, paper, collotype, photoprint, height 138 mm x width 176 mm, Print in section at the back., city-view, and landscape with man-made constructions, gulf, bay, plants and herbs: cactus, La Guaira, A coastal landscape viewed from a hillside with tall columnar cacti in the foreground, a cluster of low-roofed buildings and houses stretching along the slope and shoreline, a curved sandy beach bordered by a breakwater and coastal structures, rising rocky hills with additional buildings perched on them, a calm sea with small boats visible near the horizon, and distant hazy mountains under a large pale sky.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26B01_201

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52.6Mb (8.2Mb) / 15.9in x 12.9in / 4761 x 3861 (300dpi)

Keywords

View La Guaira Venezuela page photomechanical print number Tab Xviii photographer Jacobus Rudolphus Neervoort van de Poll cliché maker anonymous c 1877 - 1887 paper collotype photoprint height 138 mm x width 176 mm Print section back city-view landscape man- constructions gulf bay plants herbs cactus coastal landscape viewed hillside tall columnar cacti foreground cluster low-roofed buildings houses stretching slope shoreline curved sandy beach bordered breakwater coastal structures rising rocky hills additional buildings perched them calm sea small boats visible near horizon distant hazy mountains under large pale sky