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The Needles from Scratchell's Bay, photograph, page, photographer: Frank Mason Good, Scratchell's Bay, c. 1859 - in or before 1869, Frank Mason Good, photographer, Isle of Wight, paper, albumen print, height 100 mm x width 144 mm, rocky coast, coastal cliff or crag, Needles, The, A pebble beach slopes down to calm water with three wooden rowboats pulled up at the shore, one boat positioned nearest the foreground with oars resting across its interior. Three people sit and stand near the boats on the pebbles; one person stands beside the nearest boat wearing a dark jacket and a hat, another reclines on the pebbles with head propped and legs extended, and a third sits facing the water wearing a head covering and vest. Tall white cliffs rise steeply along the right side of the scene with textured rock faces and scattered darker streaks, and several rocky sea stacks emerge from the water a short distance offshore with a slender cylindrical structure on the nearest stack. The overall image has a muted, aged tone.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

Notre référence

LZT26A98_427

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

34.5Mo (5.6Mo) / 33.2cm x 26.0cm / 3926 x 3074 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Needles Scratchell's Bay photograph page photographer Frank Mason Good c 1859 - 1869 Isle Wight paper albumen print height 100 mm x width 144 mm rocky coast coastal cliff crag pebble beach slopes down calm water three wooden rowboats pulled up shore boat positioned nearest foreground oars resting across interior Three people sit stand near boats pebbles person stands beside nearest boat wearing dark jacket hat another reclines head propped legs extended third sits facing water wearing head covering vest Tall white cliffs rise steeply right side scene textured rock faces scattered darker streaks several rocky sea stacks emerge water short distance offshore slender cylindrical structure nearest stack image muted aged tone