Caption

Plate with a view of the Valais Alps and the Alps in Vaud, Alpes Vaudoises & Valaisannes, page, photomechanical print, maker: Eugène Demole, maker: Jules Royer, c. 1890 - in or before 1895, paper, collotype, photoprint, height 170 mm x width 109 mm, city-view, and landscape with man-made constructions, mountains, A vertically oriented sheet shows two separate sepia-toned landscape photographs stacked one above the other, each framed by a pale border and surrounded by a textured background. The upper photograph depicts a gently sloping grassy foreground leading to a rustic wooden barn with a pitched roof and an adjacent smaller structure, a simple fence running nearby and a few scattered trees; low clouds hover in the midground and a rugged mountain peak rises behind them. The lower photograph shows a broad valley with grassy fields and tree clusters, a small village of clustered houses with pitched roofs in the middle distance, and steep rocky mountains forming a jagged backdrop.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B03_252

License type

Rights managed

Available size

43.3Mb (11.2Mb) / 10.3in x 16.3in / 3091 x 4898 (300dpi)

Keywords

Plate view Valais Alps Alps Vaud Alpes Vaudoises & Valaisannes page photomechanical print maker Eugène Demole Jules Royer c 1890 - 1895 paper collotype photoprint height 170 mm x width 109 mm city-view landscape man- constructions mountains vertically oriented sheet two separate sepia-toned landscape photographs stacked framed pale border surrounded textured background upper photograph depicts gently sloping grassy foreground leading rustic wooden barn pitched roof adjacent smaller structure simple fence running nearby scattered trees low clouds hover midground rugged mountain peak rises them lower photograph broad valley grassy fields tree clusters small village clustered houses pitched roofs middle distance steep rocky mountains forming jagged backdrop