Caption

View of Messina, Italy, Messina Panorama, photograph, number: 'No. 1330', photographer: Giorgio Sommer, Messina, 1857 - 1914, Sicily, paper, albumen print, height 196 mm x width 240 mm, harbor, prospect of city, town panorama, silhouette of city, A wide sepia-toned panoramic view shows a coastal town and harbor seen from an elevated vantage point, with a foreground of terraced hillsides covered in trees and scattered houses, a midground of dense clustered buildings with varied rooflines and a few domed structures, and a background of calm water dotted with several ships and small boats alongside a low shoreline and distant hills under a pale sky.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26B10_379

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40.1Mb (8.8Mb) / 14.0in x 11.1in / 4202 x 3339 (300dpi)

Keywords

View Messina Italy Messina Panorama photograph number No 1330 photographer Giorgio Sommer 1857 - 1914 Sicily paper albumen print height 196 mm x width 240 mm harbor prospect city town panorama silhouette wide sepia-toned panoramic view coastal town elevated vantage point foreground terraced hillsides covered trees scattered houses midground dense clustered buildings varied rooflines domed structures background calm water dotted several ships small boats alongside low shoreline distant hills under pale sky