Caption
Settlement of the indigenous people at Oeman kondre (former title), Oeman-kondre in the Marowijne, Indian camp, Oeman kondre on the Marowijne river, Album with drawings of Suriname, p.1 (50), watercolour, album page, topographical view, View of some houses in the forest seen from the river., date: '1850', draftsman (artist): Jacob Marius Adriaan Martini van Geffen, Suriname, 1850, draftsman (artist), paint (coating), materials by function, paper, watercolor (paint), pencil, ink, brush, washed ink, height 170 mm x width 260 mm x thickness 20 mm, Marowgne, A watercolor scene showing a shoreline with dense foliage and trees rising behind a grassy bank, a thatched structure with a triangular roof and an open front tucked among bushes, a smaller hut-like building nearby, a few slender palm trees and broad-leaved plants throughout, a weeping tree with hanging foliage on the right, dark layered clouds or treetops filling the upper background, a narrow strip of water in the foreground with a small boat near the right edge, and a person standing near the open-fronted structure.
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Photo12/Liszt Collection
Reference
LZT26B47_152
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