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Archive Reference (shelfmark) L.R.420.c.10 Subject Architectural Elements Level [40] File

1. 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

2. L.R.420.c.10(13)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.420.c.10(13)
Title:
Camel study [Beijing]. Photographer: Mennie, Donald
Scope & Content:
View of three Bactrian camels, beneath the city walls of Beijing.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1920
Extent:
1 item

3. L.R.420.c.10(14)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.420.c.10(14)
Title:
Marble gate at Chü Yung kuan. Photographer: Mennie, Donald
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View of a man with laden donkeys, passing through the archway: 'It is an arch rather than a gate, and a glance shows that it is very beautiful and that it is not all in Chinese style. Chü Yung Kuan...is a few miles beyond Nank'ou, close to the Great Wall, and th...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1920
Extent:
1 item

4. L.R.420.c.10(18)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.420.c.10(18)
Title:
Through the P'ing Tsê Mên [Beijing]. Photographer: Mennie, Donald
Scope & Content:
Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View of a mule cart passing through the arched gateway in the centre of the western wall of the Tartar city.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1920
Extent:
1 item

5. L.R.420.c.10(19)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.420.c.10(19)
Title:
P'ai lou and marble bridge — Pai Hai [Beijing]. Photographer: Mennie, Donald
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View looking through the wooden gateway towards the bridge: 'This is the Jade Bridge already seen in No. III, but the view here is from the island end of it. The p'ai lou — merely decorative and not commemorative — is a very good specimen of the wooden structure...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1920
Extent:
1 item

6. L.R.420.c.10(20)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.420.c.10(20)
Title:
By the Hsi Chih Mên [Beijing]. Photographer: Mennie, Donald
Scope & Content:
Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View looking along the city wall towards the massive gatehouse tower, with a cart on the road in the foreground: 'This gate...which is the northern one in the western wall of the Tartar city, is certainly imposing if not sublime. The make-up of the wall, t...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1920
Extent:
1 item

7. L.R.420.c.10(23)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.420.c.10(23)
Title:
The Great Wall — at Nan-kou. Photographer: Mennie, Donald
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View looking along a portion of the Great Wall, towards mouintains.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1920
Extent:
1 item

8. L.R.420.c.10(25)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.420.c.10(25)
Title:
Within the Peihai — North Lake [Beijing]. Photographer: Mennie, Donald
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view of the wooden gate structure: 'This kind of p'ai lou, shored up with wooden poles, is not uncommon in Peking. To the foreign eye they lose much of their beauty, because we associate such buttresses with dangerous walls. It will be noted that in this...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1920
Extent:
1 item

9. L.R.420.c.10(30)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.420.c.10(30)
Title:
The Drum Tower [Beijing]. Photographer: Mennie, Donald
Scope & Content:
Genre: Urban Topographical Photography General view looking towards the Drum Tower, from an elevated position: 'The Drum Tower or Ku Lou...in the north part of the Tartar City datyes from the Yüan Dynasty, and stood then at the centre of Khubilai Khan's city of Cambaluc or Khanbaligh. The lowes...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1920
Extent:
1 item

10. L.R.420.c.10(31)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.420.c.10(31)
Title:
Evening in the streets [Beijing]. Photographer: Mennie, Donald
Scope & Content:
Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View along a Beijing street, famed by wooden archways: 'Evening is shown by the long shadows and absence of glare. The two wooden and buttressed triple archways are purely decorative. The new style of metalled road is clearly shown, with the deep bricked d...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1920
Extent:
1 item

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