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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Cup.409.b.11 Level [40] File

21. Cup.409.b.11(21)

Reference (shelfmark):
Cup.409.b.11(21)
Title:
Hung-Chuan. (‘Red Boats’ — the life-boats of the Yangtze). Photographer: Mennie, Donald
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1925
Extent:
1 item

22. Cup.409.b.11(22)

Reference (shelfmark):
Cup.409.b.11(22)
Title:
A Bridge at Wan-Hsien. Photographer: Mennie, Donald
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Brown-toned photogravure. View along the stream looking towards the single-spanned masonry bridge, surmounted by a building, with houses rising up the hillside on the right: ‘The airy span of this beautiful arch connects the city of Wan-Hsien with its western suburb...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1925
Extent:
1 item

23. Cup.409.b.11(23)

Reference (shelfmark):
Cup.409.b.11(23)
Title:
Silent Vigil in the Misty Vale of Wan. Photographer: Mennie, Donald
Scope & Content:
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.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1925
Extent:
1 item

24. Cup.409.b.11(24)

Reference (shelfmark):
Cup.409.b.11(24)
Title:
A Desolate Expanse with Mist-clad Mountains in the background. Photographer: Mennie, Donald
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Green-toned photogravure. View along the river towards mist-covered mountains.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1925
Extent:
1 item

25. Cup.409.b.11(25)

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

26. Cup.409.b.11(26)

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

27. Cup.409.b.11(27)

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

28. Cup.409.b.11(28)

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

29. Cup.409.b.11(29)

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

30. Cup.409.b.11(30)

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

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