Caption

Workers during the construction of an irrigation canal, photograph, Middle East, 1860 - 1900, photographer, paper, albumen print, height 220 mm x width 280 mm, irrigation, cultivation, A sepia-toned scene showing a sandy, excavated slope with several people and tall wooden poles with ropes and suspended large baskets; a shirtless man stands at the edge of a pit holding a rope attached to a hanging basket while another man sits partially in the pit near a basket, and a woman with cloth wrapped around her head sits on the slope; there are bundled cloths and piles of material scattered on the ground, a leaf-covered bundle near the poles, a palm tree rising in the background, leafy trees to the left, and two figures wrapped in garments walking on the ridge in the distance.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B10_337

License type

Rights managed

Available size

52.6Mb (8.5Mb) / 16.2in x 12.6in / 4846 x 3792 (300dpi)

Keywords

Workers construction irrigation canal photograph Middle East 1860 - 1900 photographer paper albumen print height 220 mm x width 280 mm irrigation cultivation sepia-toned scene showing sandy excavated slope several people tall wooden poles ropes suspended large baskets shirtless man stands edge pit holding rope attached hanging basket another man sits partially pit near basket woman cloth wrapped head sits slope bundled cloths piles material scattered ground leaf-covered bundle near poles palm tree rising background leafy trees left two figures wrapped garments walking ridge distance