Légende

Boats and houses in Canton, album page, photograph, Part of Album with 50 photos of a trip through Southeast Asia., Canton (city), c. 1860 - c. 1900, photographer, paper, albumen print, height 205 mm x width 291 mm, harbour, A narrow waterway crowded with small covered wooden boats stretches toward a stone arched bridge, flanked on both sides by multilevel riverside buildings with tiled roofs and wooden balconies; the left bank shows a larger building with decorative railing and open windows with fabric hanging on the upper balcony, while the right bank has smaller brick and wooden structures with sloped roofs and exposed beams; boats with curved canopies and long poles fill the foreground and middle distance on the water, and a tall rectangular masonry tower rises behind the buildings in the background.

Crédit

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Notre référence

LZT26B07_121

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

44.2Mo (5.5Mo) / 39.8cm x 27.8cm / 4706 x 3285 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Boats houses Canton album page photograph Part Album 50 photos trip Southeast Asia city c 1860 - c 1900 photographer paper albumen print height 205 mm x width 291 mm harbour narrow waterway crowded small covered wooden boats stretches stone arched bridge flanked sides multilevel riverside buildings tiled roofs wooden balconies left bank larger building decorative railing open windows fabric hanging upper balcony right bank smaller brick wooden structures sloped roofs exposed beams boats curved canopies long poles fill foreground middle distance water tall rectangular masonry tower rises buildings background