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Bamboo avenue in the Jardin d'Essai du Hamma in Algiers, Allée des Bambous au Jardin d'Essai, photomechanical print, number: '153', photographer: Alexandre Leroux, Algiers, cliché maker: anonymous, c. 1875 - c. 1900, North Africa, pasteboard, paper, collotype, photoprint, height 317 mm x width 247 mm, forest path or lane, trees, Botanical Garden Hamma, A long dirt path stretches into the distance beneath a dense tunnel of tall, leaning bamboo stalks whose slender trunks and clustered leaves form a shaded arch overhead, with scattered light filtering through gaps in the foliage and fallen leaves and small debris dotting the ground; a person stands near the right edge of the path facing toward the bamboo, wearing a knee-length skirt and a jacket and resting one arm against a bamboo stalk while the surrounding bamboo grove rises steeply on both sides creating a narrow, enclosed corridor.

Crédit

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Notre référence

LZT26B10_168

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

56.8Mo (6.7Mo) / 34.0cm x 41.8cm / 4017 x 4939 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Bamboo avenue Jardin d'Essai du Hamma Algiers Allée des Bambous au Jardin d'Essai photomechanical print number 153 photographer Alexandre Leroux cliché maker anonymous c 1875 - c 1900 North Africa pasteboard paper collotype photoprint height 317 mm x width 247 mm forest path lane trees Botanical Garden Hamma long dirt path stretches distance beneath dense tunnel tall leaning bamboo stalks slender trunks clustered leaves form shaded arch overhead scattered light filtering gaps foliage fallen leaves small debris dotting ground person stands near right edge path facing bamboo wearing knee-length skirt jacket resting arm bamboo stalk surrounding bamboo grove rises steeply sides creating narrow enclosed corridor