View of Mount Bromo in the Tengger Mountains and the Sand Sea, East Java, drawing, topographical view, Two Javanese in the foreground, annotation: 'Bromo and the Sand Sea', draftsman (artist): Adrianus Johannes Bik, 1822-01-03, draftsman (artist), Java, paper, pencil, pencil sketch, height 209 mm x width 275 mm, overseas history, A faint pencil landscape on aged paper shows distant hills and a volcanic cone rising on the right, with soft, cloudlike shading above the ridgelines. In the foreground a standing figure and a seated figure face the distant view near a gently sloping path, with sparse grasses and low shrubs underfoot. To the left a cluster of tall, leafed trees with textured trunks and branches frames the scene, while to the far right the slanted edge of a thatched roof and beams appears. The paper has light stains and small foxing marks across its surface and subtle pencil smudges and erased lines throughout.
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View of Mount Bromo in the Tengger Mountains and the Sand Sea, East Java, drawing, topographical view, Two Javanese in the foreground, annotation: 'Bromo and the Sand Sea', draftsman (artist): Adrianus Johannes Bik, 1822-01-03, draftsman (artist), Java, paper, pencil, pencil sketch, height 209 mm x width 275 mm, overseas history, A faint pencil landscape on aged paper shows distant hills and a volcanic cone rising on the right, with soft, cloudlike shading above the ridgelines. In the foreground a standing figure and a seated figure face the distant view near a gently sloping path, with sparse grasses and low shrubs underfoot. To the left a cluster of tall, leafed trees with textured trunks and branches frames the scene, while to the far right the slanted edge of a thatched roof and beams appears. The paper has light stains and small foxing marks across its surface and subtle pencil smudges and erased lines throughout.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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View Mount Bromo Tengger Mountains Sand Sea East Java drawing topographical view Two Javanese foreground annotation Bromo draftsman artist Adrianus Johannes Bik 1822-01-03 Java paper pencil pencil sketch height 209 mm x width 275 mm overseas history faint pencil landscape aged paper distant hills volcanic cone rising right soft cloudlike shading ridgelines standing figure seated figure face distant view near gently sloping path sparse grasses low shrubs underfoot left cluster tall leafed trees textured trunks branches frames scene far right slanted edge thatched roof beams light stains small foxing marks across surface subtle pencil smudges erased lines

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