Légende

View of the crater of El Teide on Tenerife, Tenerife Experiment of 1856, photograph, page, inscription: 'Portion of a Photograph (magnified 9.1 diameters), representing a mountain side (the interior S. Eastern wall of the Great Crater), four miles distant from the Camera, stationed at a height of 10, 700 feet above the level of the Sea. See pp 513, 514.', number: 'Plate 2.', photographer: Charles Piazzi Smyth, Tenerife, printer (person): JA Spencer (possibly), 1856, printer (person), paper, albumen print, height 127 mm x width 198 mm, Photo in the section at the back., experiment, test, science and technology, volcano, A sepia-toned photograph of a rugged mountainous landscape framed by a double-lined rectangular border on a pale background, showing steep rocky ridges, textured slopes with scattered lighter patches, and a prominent high peak at the right edge; the sky above the mountains is light and mostly clear, and there is a strip of lighter, flatter ground at the bottom within the framed photograph.

Crédit

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Notre référence

LZT26B05_365

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

46.4Mo (8.7Mo) / 35.7cm x 32.6cm / 4215 x 3849 (300dpi)

Mots clés

View crater El Teide Tenerife Tenerife Experiment 1856 photograph page inscription Portion Photograph magnified 9.1 diameters representing mountain side interior S Eastern wall Great Crater four miles distant Camera stationed height 10 700 feet level Sea See pp 513 514 number Plate 2 photographer Charles Piazzi Smyth printer person JA Spencer paper albumen print height 127 mm x width 198 mm Photo section back experiment test science technology volcano sepia-toned photograph rugged mountainous landscape framed double-lined rectangular border pale background showing steep rocky ridges textured slopes scattered lighter patches prominent high peak right edge sky mountains light mostly clear strip lighter flatter ground bottom within framed photograph