Hung-Chuan. (‘Red Boats’ — the life-boats of the Yangtze). Photographer: Mennie, Donald
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Genre: Landscape Photography Hand-coloured photogravure. View of two lifeboat junks with striped sails on the river, with cliffs to the right: ‘The life-boat service of the upper river was organised in the Ch’ing dynasty … Since the inauguration of the Republic, the continual internecine strife...
Fêng-Hsiang Hsia. (The Wind Box Gorge.). Photographer: Mennie, Donald
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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...
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.