Caption

Sailing ships at a Suez Canal lock, Suez Canal, photograph, Part of Album with 191 photos of a journey to and through South Africa., c. 1870 - c. 1890, photographer, North Africa, paper, albumen print, height 195 mm x width 280 mm, canal, sluice, weir (landscape with figures, staffage), A calm river scene showing several sailboats moored along a bank, their tall masts clustered together and reflected in the water, a large triangular sail in the foreground partially obscuring a boat where a person leans over the gunwale, a second person standing on the sandy shore holding a rope, a small beached boat resting on the far bank, a wooden lock or gate structure spanning the water with a simple overhead mechanism, a cluster of trees and rustic buildings behind the bank, and wooden steps and a small pier area adjacent to the boats.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B10_057

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Rights managed

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44.4Mb (6.8Mb) / 15.6in x 11.1in / 4671 x 3325 (300dpi)

Keywords

Sailing ships Suez Canal lock Suez Canal photograph Part Album 191 photos journey South Africa c 1870 - c 1890 photographer North Africa paper albumen print height 195 mm x width 280 mm canal sluice weir landscape figures staffage calm river scene showing several sailboats moored bank tall masts clustered together reflected water large triangular sail foreground partially obscuring boat person leans gunwale second person standing sandy shore holding rope small beached boat resting far bank wooden lock gate structure spanning simple overhead mechanism cluster trees rustic buildings wooden steps small pier area adjacent boats