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032-003238473 Collection Area Printed Collections

1. Cup.409.b.11

Reference (shelfmark):
Cup.409.b.11
Title:
The grandeur of the Gorges. Fifty photographic studies, with descriptive notes, of China’s great waterway, the Yangtze Kiang, including twelve hand-coloured prints. Photographer(s): Mennie, Donald
Scope & Content:
Imprint: A. S. Watson and Company (the Shanghai Pharmacy, Ltd.) Kelly and Walsh, Limited, Shanghai, 1926. Quarto, measuring 320 x 260 mm, decorative silk binding, featuring a view of the Yangtze Gorges and title on upper board; preface; introduction by Marc T. Greene, notes on plates by H. Foo...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1925
Extent:
50 items

2. Cup.409.b.11(43)

Reference (shelfmark):
Cup.409.b.11(43)
Title:
Sleeping Waters. Photographer: Mennie, Donald
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Green-toned photogravure. View looking along the river towards cloud-covered mountains: ‘Two miles below the Ye T’an the river is tame and quiescent at this low level, and the spiteful swirls that form here are not seen until the water swells to mid-level.’
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1925
Extent:
1 item

3. Cup.409.b.11(45)

Reference (shelfmark):
Cup.409.b.11(45)
Title:
Downward Bound. Photographer: Mennie, Donald
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Hand-coloured photogravure. View looking down onto the river at Lamp Light Gorge.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1925
Extent:
1 item

4. Cup.409.b.11(49)

Reference (shelfmark):
Cup.409.b.11(49)
Title:
Fu-Ling Chi. Photographer: Mennie, Donald
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Brown-toned photogravure. View along the river towards cloud-covered peaks.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1925
Extent:
1 item

5. Cup.409.b.11(36)

Reference (shelfmark):
Cup.409.b.11(36)
Title:
Mi-Tsiang. Photographer: Mennie, Donald
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View along the river, here passing between massive 1000-foot cliffs.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1925
Extent:
1 item

6. Cup.409.b.11(50)

Reference (shelfmark):
Cup.409.b.11(50)
Title:
Chungking. Photographer: Mennie, Donald
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Hand-coloured photogravure. Sunset view looking across the river towards the city.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1925
Extent:
1 item

7. Cup.409.b.11(31)

Reference (shelfmark):
Cup.409.b.11(31)
Title:
Portals of Awe. Photographer: Mennie, Donald
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Green-toned photogravure. ‘Halfway through the long Wushan Gorge is the boundary between Hupeh and Szechuan, marked by a narrow glen on the right bank of Pei Shih. The picture shows a corner of Wushan, the first city over the border. It is built on a hill facing the...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1925
Extent:
1 item

8. Cup.409.b.11(34)

Reference (shelfmark):
Cup.409.b.11(34)
Title:
The Ye T’an. Photographer: Mennie, Donald
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Green-toned photogravure. View along the rapids.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1925
Extent:
1 item

9. Cup.409.b.11(13)

Reference (shelfmark):
Cup.409.b.11(13)
Title:
The City of K’uei-Fu. Photographer: Mennie, Donald
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Hand-coloured photogravure. ‘A view from above the walled city looking towards glorious ‘Flame Mountain’ (Huo-Yen Shan).’
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1925
Extent:
1 item

10. Cup.409.b.11(40)

Reference (shelfmark):
Cup.409.b.11(40)
Title:
The City of Temples. Photographer: Mennie, Donald
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Brown-toned photogravure. View across the river towards the houses of Yün-Yang, ‘distinguished by the large number of fine temples scattered throughout the city.’
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1925
Extent:
1 item