A reed boat-house. Photographer: Emerson, Peter Henry
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Genre: Landscape Photography View of the boathouse built of reeds in the marshes: 'A common sight on the Broads is the boathouse...But few of these are beautiful; their hard lines and symmetrical reed thatch offend the eye. Not so, however, with this little structure, which we discovered one wi...
Genre: Landscape Photography View looking across the water towards cottages and boat-houses, 'a characteristic bit on the margin of one of the Broads. All over the watery foreground grow the small round spears of dark-green rush, reflected with curious effect...The four graceful little trees ar...
Huang-Ling Miao. (The Temple of the Yellow Peaks). Photographer: Mennie, Donald
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Genre: Landscape Photography Brown-toned photogravure. View across the river towards the village and temples, set among bamboo groves, with mountains beyond.
Silent Vigil in the Misty Vale of Wan. Photographer: Mennie, Donald
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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.
The Sentinel of the South. Photographer: Mennie, Donald
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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.’’
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.
Temple of the Ethereal Bell of a Thousand Ages. Photographer: Mennie, Donald
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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. ...