Caption
View of the Batak village Rakoet Bessi (above) and landscape with rice fields and volcano (below) on Sumatra, Rakoet Bessi (above), Sawahs (Rice fields) (below), photomechanical print, Part of Album with heliogravures of Sumatra's east coast., number: '58', photographer: Carl J. Kleingrothe, Sumatra, clichémaker: Johann Baptist Obernetter, Munich, in or before 1898, Carl J. Kleingrothe, Johann Baptist Obernetter, photographer, clichémaker, Bavaria, paper, photoaquatint, heliogravure, height 157 mm x width 220 mm, height 134 mm x width 220 mm, prospect of village, silhouette of village, volcano, sawahs, rice paddies, A sepia-toned composite image showing a village scene above and a landscape of terraced paddies below; the upper portion features traditional thatched-roof houses with curved rooflines set behind grassy areas and a dirt path, a group of people standing and sitting near the foreground with some carrying items and a few animals nearby, and trees framing the scene with a large tree to the right; the lower portion displays an expanse of flooded rice terraces separated by narrow earthen ridges, irregular landforms and small clusters of vegetation between the paddies, distant hills on the horizon, and reflections of the sky in the water-filled plots.
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Photo12/Liszt Collection
Reference
LZT26B09_484
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