Caption

View of Lake Kandy in Ceylon, album page, photograph, Part of Album with 50 photos of a trip through Southeast Asia., stamp: 'Fabrikmarke', photographer: Charles T. Scowen & Co., Kandy (former nation), c. 1875 - c. 1880, South Asia, paper, albumen print, height 215 mm x width 275 mm, lake, A wide sepia-toned landscape showing a large calm lake with a small vegetated island near its center, tree-covered hills rising around the lake, a shoreline with scattered buildings and clusters of trees, a long low bridge or causeway crossing part of the water, swaths of lawn and formal grounds with rows of tall palms near a complex of tiled-roof buildings in the foreground, dense foliage and grassy foreground slopes framing the bottom of the scene, and distant layered hills fading toward the horizon under a pale sky.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26B07_102

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44.8Mb (7.8Mb) / 15.1in x 11.6in / 4522 x 3465 (300dpi)

Keywords

View Lake Kandy Ceylon album page photograph Part Album 50 photos trip Southeast Asia stamp Fabrikmarke photographer Charles T Scowen & Co Kandy former nation c 1875 - c 1880 South Asia paper albumen print height 215 mm x width 275 mm lake wide sepia-toned landscape showing large calm lake small vegetated island near center tree-covered hills rising shoreline scattered buildings clusters trees long low bridge causeway crossing part water swaths lawn formal grounds rows tall palms near complex tiled-roof buildings foreground dense foliage grassy foreground slopes framing bottom scene distant layered hills fading horizon under pale sky