Caption

Train runs along a precipice at Sensation Rock in Ceylon, Sensation Rock. Colombo and Kandy Line., album page, photograph, Part of Album with 50 photos of a trip through Southeast Asia., photographer: Charles T. Scowen & Co., Sri Lanka, c. 1876 - c. 1885, South Asia, paper, albumen print, height 277 mm x width 217 mm, railway, train, mountains, A narrow railway track runs along a rocky cliff edge with a steam locomotive visible ahead on the track, partially framed by the cliff face on the right; the cliff shows jagged rock textures and vegetation at the top, while the left side opens to a distant hilly landscape under a pale sky and a couple of leaning telegraph poles rise near the track.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26B07_101

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Keywords

Train runs precipice Sensation Rock Ceylon Colombo Kandy Line album page photograph Part Album 50 photos trip Southeast Asia photographer Charles T Scowen & Co Sri Lanka c 1876 - c 1885 South Asia paper albumen print height 277 mm x width 217 mm railway train mountains narrow railway track runs rocky cliff edge steam locomotive visible ahead partially framed cliff face right cliff jagged rock textures vegetation top left side opens distant hilly landscape under pale sky couple leaning telegraph poles rise near track