Caption

View of a house on the Kara Sea, The house from the NW. seen. June 20, 1883., page, photomechanical print, inscription: 'The Dutch Polar Expedition 1882-1883', photographer: H. Ekama, Karskoye More, cliché maker: E. Diener, Glauchau, c. 1881 - in or before 1886, Saxony, paper, collotype, photoprint, height 131 mm x width 206 mm, landscapes in polar regions, icefield, A mostly empty pale sheet with a faint decorative border contains a small sepia photograph near the top center showing a flat icy landscape with a triangular tent-like structure topped by a tall slender pole and an adjacent raised wooden platform on stilts, scattered debris and small items around them, and a distant horizon line; the surrounding paper shows light spots and aging marks.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B09_090

License type

Rights managed

Available size

54.3Mb (5.5Mb) / 15.0in x 14.1in / 4492 x 4223 (300dpi)

Keywords

View house Kara Sea Nw June 20 1883 page photomechanical print inscription Dutch Polar Expedition 1882-1883 photographer H Ekama Karskoye cliché maker E Diener Glauchau c 1881 - 1886 Saxony paper collotype photoprint height 131 mm x width 206 mm landscapes polar regions icefield mostly empty pale sheet faint decorative border contains small sepia photograph near top center showing flat icy landscape triangular tent- structure topped tall slender pole adjacent raised wooden platform stilts scattered debris small items them distant horizon line surrounding paper light spots aging marks