Caption
View of the Napoleon III Basin at the port of Cherbourg, Cherbourg. Bassin Napoléon III, Contemporary France, La France de nos jours, print, Series number, 262, 475, printmaker: Louis Lebreton, printer (person): Frick frères, Paris, publisher: F. Sinnett, 1858, printer (person), paper, tone lithography, height 292 mm x width 434 mm, harbour, Cherbourg, A wide harbor scene rendered in sepia tones showing calm water reflecting ships and buildings, tall masted sailing ships docked along quays, smaller rowboats and a boat with oars and people, long waterfront buildings with rows of windows and pitched roofs, piers and stone quay edges, rigging and spars of ships reaching upward, groups of figures on the docks and in small boats, warehouses and cranes near the right side, distant smoke rising from chimneys, layered cloud formations across the sky, and architectural details of bridges and quay structures visible along the waterline.
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Photo12/Liszt Collection
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LZT26B15_126
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