Caption
Four buildings along the Thames, print, page, photomechanical print, Top: view of the church in Stratford, middle: view of William Shakespeare's birthplace in Stratford-upon-Avon, bottom: view of Evesham and Tewkesbury., inscription: 'Stratford church. Shakespeare's birthplace. Evesham. Tewksbury.', photographer: Henry W. Taunt, England, in or after 1878 - in or before 1879, printmaker, paper, Woodburytype, engraving, height 182 mm x width 120 mm, Prints opposite page 136., river, Worcestershire, Gloucestershire, Stratford-upon-Avon, Tewkesbury, Evesham, A vertical printed collage on aged paper showing four framed photographic scenes arranged in a grid with decorative reed and lily illustrations around them; the top frame contains a church with a tall spire surrounded by trees and a reflective body of water in front; the second frame below it shows a timbered, multi-gabled building with visible half-timber architecture and a paved area at its front; the lower left frame displays a riverside landscape with trees and a distant church tower on a slope above a stretch of water; the lower right frame shows a wide river or estuary with a town skyline and a tower visible beyond the water; the decorative illustrations in a single color depict tall reeds, cattails, grasses, and water lilies interwoven between and beneath the photographic frames, and the entire composition has an overall sepia tone and aged paper texture.
Credit line
Photo12/Liszt Collection
Reference
LZT26B04_265
License type
Rights managed
Available size
47.9Mb (11.6Mb) / 11.0in x 17.0in / 3287 x 5096 (300dpi)