Caption

View of Alum Bay on the Isle of Wight, in the distance on the right the Needles, IOW Alum Bay & Needles, photomechanical print, number: '10469.', inscription: 'Knight's Library, 147 & 149, High St., and, Bank Buildings, Church St., Ventnor, IW', Alum Bay, cliché maker: Photochrom Zürich, Zürich (city), publisher: Photochrom Zürich, 1889 - c. 1920, Photochrom Zürich, photographer, cliché maker, publisher, Isle of Wight, paper, photochrom, height 165 mm x width 225 mm, coast, Needles, The, A coastline scene showing pale chalk cliffs rising above a calm blue sea, with a small cluster of jagged rock formations jutting from the water near the cliff edge and a dark vertical structure on one of the rocks. In front of the cliffs there are sloping grassy fields with a large pale building set back among low trees and hedges, and nearer to the foreground a smaller stone house with a pitched roof and chimney partially obscured by foliage. The foreground is filled with dense green bushes and trees, and the sky above is clear with a soft gradient from pale blue to warm tones near the horizon.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B10_368

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Rights managed

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57.5Mb (5.2Mb) / 17.5in x 12.8in / 5247 x 3831 (300dpi)

Keywords

View Alum Bay Isle Wight distance right Needles IOW Alum Bay & Needles photomechanical print number 10469 inscription Knight's Library 147 & 149 High St Bank Buildings Church St Ventnor Iw cliché maker Photochrom Zürich Zürich city publisher 1889 - c 1920 photographer paper photochrom height 165 mm x width 225 mm coast coastline scene showing pale chalk cliffs rising calm blue sea small cluster jagged rock formations jutting water near cliff edge dark vertical structure rocks front cliffs sloping grassy fields large pale building set back low trees hedges nearer foreground smaller stone house pitched roof chimney partially obscured foliage filled dense green bushes trees sky clear soft gradient pale blue warm tones near horizon