Caption

L'Étang de Bel-Air, Près Tours, Woman on the bank of a water feature, page, photomechanical print, inscription: 'Papier &lt, Lustré &gt, . Grosvenor, Chater et Co, 6, rue Favart, Paris.', photographer: Rougé, Tours, cliché maker: Ducourtioux & Huillard, c. 1891 - in or before 1896, Rougé, Ducourtioux & Huillard, photographer, cliché maker, paper, autotype, zincogravure, height 160 mm x width 110 mm, water course (landscape with figures, staffage), A grainy black-and-white scene of a riverside with tall trees along the far bank, their branches and leaves forming a dense canopy that extends across the top of the image, and a calm stretch of water in the foreground reflecting the trees; a small rustic wooden railing and a narrow bench sit at the near edge of the water, where a seated figure in plain clothing and a head covering rests with arms extended to the railing; grasses and low vegetation grow along the riverbank and a small patch of reeds projects into the water, while trunks and thinner saplings rise behind the bench and a faint structure is partially visible among the trees across the river.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B09_124

License type

Rights managed

Available size

35.2Mb (7.5Mb) / 9.7in x 14.2in / 2899 x 4246 (300dpi)

Keywords

L'Étang de Bel-Air Près Tours Woman bank water feature page photomechanical print inscription Papier &lt Lustré &gt Grosvenor Chater et Co 6 rue Favart Paris photographer Rougé Tours cliché maker Ducourtioux & Huillard c 1891 - 1896 paper autotype zincogravure height 160 mm x width 110 mm water course landscape figures staffage grainy black- -white scene riverside tall trees far bank branches leaves forming dense canopy extends across top image calm stretch water foreground reflecting trees small rustic wooden railing narrow bench sit near edge seated figure plain clothing head covering rests arms extended railing grasses low vegetation grow riverbank small patch reeds projects trunks thinner saplings rise bench faint structure partially visible trees across river