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Reference (shelfmark):: Cup.409.b.11(25)
Title:: Fêng-Hsiang Hsia. (The Wind Box Gorge.). Photographer: Mennie, Donald
Scope & Content:: Genre: Landscape Photography Hand-coloured photogravure. View along the gorge towards cliffs and distant peaks: ‘The Wind Box is the last of the great gorges. The western entrance is a fitting climax to the magnificent scenery that has its beginning at Ichang and ends here at the foot of the ci...
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1925
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Cup.409.b.11(26)
Title:: The ‘Wash-Tub’ of Wan-Hsien. Photographer: Mennie, Donald
Scope & Content:: Genre: Landscape Photography View looking down onto the river at Wan-Hsien, its banks crowded with men and women washing clothes.
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1925
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Cup.409.b.11(27)
Title:: T’eng-Ying Hsia. (Lamp Light Gorge.). Photographer: Mennie, Donald
Scope & Content:: Genre: Landscape Photography Brown-toned photogravure. View looking down onto the river from the cliffs above the gorge, with boats under way on the water: ‘This is the upper portion of the 14-mile stretch usually known as the Ichang Gorge and is immediately above the Yellow Cat Gorge, which be...
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1925
Extent:: 1 item

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

Reference (shelfmark):: Cup.409.b.11(29)
Title:: The Lamp Light Gorge. Photographer: Mennie, Donald
Scope & Content:: Genre: Landscape Photography Hand-coloured photogravure. View along the gorge, with a fishing boat moored in the foreground: ‘The upper section of the gorge has all the appearance of an inland lake, the mountain in front threatening the traveller with a cul-de-sac. The outlet is invisible until...
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1925
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Cup.409.b.11(30)
Title:: Approaching the ‘Temple Stairs.’ Photographer: Mennie, Donald
Scope & Content:: Genre: Landscape Photography View at sunset looking along the Temple Stairs Gorge, with a junk moored in the foreground.
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1925
Extent:: 1 item

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

Reference (shelfmark):: Cup.409.b.11(32)
Title:: The Kung-Ling T’an. Photographer: Mennie, Donald
Scope & Content:: Genre: Landscape Photography Brown-toned photogravure. View along the gorge: ‘Situated at the eastern entrance to the Ox Liver Gorge, the Kung-Ling T’an is accounted one of the most dangerous rapids at low water season. In the centre is seen the great rock which bisects the channel, leaving onl...
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1925
Extent:: 1 item

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

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

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