Caption

View of the ruins of the round tower of Pontefract castle, Remains of Round Tower. March 31st 1885, page, photomechanical print, Pontefract, cliché maker: Autotype Company, The, 1885-03-31, photographer, paper, collotype, light printing, height 115 mm x width 174 mm, ruin of a building, architecture, castle, A wide sepia-toned photograph of a large ruined stone structure on a hillside, showing rounded towers and crumbling walls with rough, uneven masonry and patches of vegetation growing on and between the stones. The foreground is a darker area with leafless shrubs and low vegetation, and a small entrance or arched opening is visible at the base of one rounded section. A thin vertical pole rises above the highest point of the ruin, and the sky is light and mostly empty above the structure.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B09_080

License type

Rights managed

Available size

37.3Mb (5.8Mb) / 15.0in x 9.7in / 4498 x 2896 (300dpi)

Keywords

View ruins round tower Pontefract castle Remains Round Tower March 31st 1885 page photomechanical print Pontefract cliché maker Autotype Company 1885-03-31 photographer paper collotype light printing height 115 mm x width 174 mm ruin building architecture castle wide sepia-toned photograph large ruined stone structure hillside showing rounded towers crumbling walls rough uneven masonry patches vegetation growing stones foreground darker area leafless shrubs low vegetation small entrance arched opening visible base rounded section thin vertical pole rises highest point sky light mostly empty structure