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2. Cup.409.b.11(23)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cup.409.b.11(23)
- Title:
- Silent Vigil in the Misty Vale of Wan. Photographer: Mennie, Donald
- Scope & Content:
- Genre: Landscape Photography Brown-toned photogravure. View from high above the river looking down onto the stream, with a shrine and large tree on the ridge in the foreground.
- Collection Area:
- Printed Collections
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Date Range:
- c 1925
- Extent:
- 1 item
3. Cup.409.b.11(28)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cup.409.b.11(28)
- Title:
- The Sentinel of the South. Photographer: Mennie, Donald
- Scope & Content:
- Genre: Landscape Photography View looking towards the pagoda standing on the spur of a hill 800 feet above the Yangtze: ‘Situated to the south of the city of Wan-hsien, it guards the city and the river against the malign influence of the ‘demons of the South.’’
- Collection Area:
- Printed Collections
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Date Range:
- c 1925
- Extent:
- 1 item
4. Cup.409.b.11(33)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cup.409.b.11(33)
- Title:
- At Wanhsien. Photographer: Mennie, Donald
- Scope & Content:
- Genre: Landscape Photography View from the river looking towards cliffs, with a temple pagoda at the summit, with junks moored at the water’s edge in the foreground.
- Collection Area:
- Printed Collections
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Date Range:
- c 1925
- Extent:
- 1 item
5. Cup.409.b.11(41)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cup.409.b.11(41)
- Title:
- Temple of the Ethereal Bell of a Thousand Ages. Photographer: Mennie, Donald
- Scope & Content:
- Genre: Landscape Photography Hand-coloured photogravure. View looking across the river towards the temple, ‘perched on the right bank of the river, directly opposite the city of Yün-yang. Unlike the decaying and neglected aspect of so many fine temples in China, it is kept in excellent repair. ...
- Collection Area:
- Printed Collections
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Date Range:
- c 1925
- Extent:
- 1 item
6. L.R.420.c.10(1)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- L.R.420.c.10(1)
- Title:
- Confucian p'ai lou [Beijing]. Photographer: Mennie, Donald
- Scope & Content:
- Genre: Architectural Photography General view of the memorial inscription archway, '...a 'storey' of 'structure' for the display of a tablet or p'ai...The beautiful example here shown is in the Hall of Classics enclosure, and as it is in honour of Learning generally it is hardly correct to call...
- Collection Area:
- Printed Collections
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Date Range:
- c 1920
- Extent:
- 1 item
7. L.R.420.c.10(2)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- L.R.420.c.10(2)
- Title:
- The Summer Palace [Beijing]. Photographer: Mennie, Donald
- Scope & Content:
- Genre: Architectural Photography View looking over the rooftops of the palace, towards the lake below: 'It will be observed that while in the West a temple or a palace is usually a single structure, in the East it is a collection of separate buildings. Thus the picture gives only a small part o...
- Collection Area:
- Printed Collections
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Date Range:
- c 1920
- Extent:
- 1 item
8. L.R.420.c.10(3)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- L.R.420.c.10(3)
- Title:
- Approach to the Pei Hai [Winter Palace, Beijing]. Photographer: Mennie, Donald
- Scope & Content:
- Genre: Architectural Photography View looking across a graceful stone bridge towards the stupa rising on the hillside beyond: 'A bridge called the Yü ho Ch'iao divides the North Sea or Pei Hai from the Middle Sea or Chung Hai of the Winter Palace. From the east end of that bridge a smaller one ...
- Collection Area:
- Printed Collections
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Date Range:
- c 1920
- Extent:
- 1 item
9. L.R.420.c.10(5)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- L.R.420.c.10(5)
- Title:
- Pi Yün Ssu [Jade Cloud Temple, Western Hills, near Beijing]. Photographer: Mennie, Donald
- Scope & Content:
- Genre: Architectural Photography View from the terrace of the Jade Cloud or Azure Clouds Temple (Biyun si), with a priest in the foreground contemplating the hills beyond.
- Collection Area:
- Printed Collections
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Date Range:
- c 1920
- Extent:
- 1 item
10. L.R.420.c.10(7)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- L.R.420.c.10(7)
- Title:
- Pai yün tien [New Summer Palace, Beijing]. Photographer: Mennie, Donald
- Scope & Content:
- Genre: Architectural Photography General view of 'one of the many beautiful beautiful buildings in the New Summer Palace, Wan Shou Shan. The wealth of ornamentation under the roofs is well shown, but the rich colouring has, in a photograph, to be left to the imagination.'
- Collection Area:
- Printed Collections
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Date Range:
- c 1920
- Extent:
- 1 item