Alum Bay and the Needles Isle of Wight England – Historic Photo Reproduction
![Alum Bay and the Needles Isle of Wight England, [between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900]. — historic print](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/d9/d9f2f28971b2-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Alum Bay and the Needles Isle of Wight England comes to life in this historic print, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Alum Bay and the Needles Isle of Wight England
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Alum Bay, at the western tip of the Isle of Wight, is known for its cliffs banded in red, yellow, violet, and white sand, which stand out sharply above the bay. Just offshore rise the Needles, a line of chalk stacks that mark the island's western edge. This print comes from a Detroit Publishing Company catalog issued in 1905, and the view itself was likely made between about 1890 and 1900. The photochrom process behind it, developed in Switzerland, printed a photograph in several lithographic colors, which gives the cliffs and sea their bold, saturated tones.
| Created / published | [between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900]. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photomechanical print : photochrom color. |
| Notes | Detroit Publishing Co. Catalogue J, 1905. Print no. 10469. Views of England |
| Source | Library of Congress, Photochrom Prints |
| Original scan | 3,648 × 2,727 px · prints to 12 × 9 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 80_Alum_Bay_and_the_Needle_1890.tif-08986u |
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