Descending the Ch’ing T’an. Photographer: Mennie, Donald
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Genre: Landscape Photography View of a boat negotiating the rapids: ‘The deep water channel is close along the right bank (on the left hand) but the stream from thence sets directly on to the sharp pinnacles which form the Erh T’an (second or middle rapid). This pilot prefers to take the risk o...
Genre: Landscape Photography Green-toned photogravure. View looking down onto two junks negotiating the ‘Glorious Dragon Rapid.’ ‘The view is taken from an immense pile of rocks — comprising the major part of the landslip [which created the rapid in 1896] — 80 feet above zero level.’
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...
The Lamp Light Gorge. Photographer: Mennie, Donald
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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...
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.