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11. Cup.409.b.11(9)

Reference (shelfmark):
Cup.409.b.11(9)
Title:
In the Witches Gorge. Photographer: Mennie, Donald
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Hand-coloured photogravure. ‘The Witches Gorge, commonly known as the Wushan Gorge, is the longest, most spectacular and impressive of all the great gorges. For twenty-five miles the river turns and twists through scenery of unparalleled beauty and grandeur. The mou...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1925
Extent:
1 item

12. 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

13. 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

14. Cup.409.b.11(3)

Reference (shelfmark):
Cup.409.b.11(3)
Title:
Ch’ing-T’an. (Bright Rapid.) Photographer: Mennie, Donald
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View looking along the rapids, with steep mountainside rising on either bank: ‘This Rapid occurs between the Ox Liver and Mi-Tsiang Gorges. It was caused by a fall of rocks from the right bank which took place, it is said, in the year 1637. Ever since it has continu...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1925
Extent:
1 item

15. Cup.409.b.11(18)

Reference (shelfmark):
Cup.409.b.11(18)
Title:
The Ferry Boat. Photographer: Mennie, Donald
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Green-toned photogravure. Showing a ferryman poling his wooden craft on the river.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1925
Extent:
1 item

16. Cup.409.b.11(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
Cup.409.b.11(1)
Title:
T’ung-Ling Hsia. (The Pierced Cliff.) Photographer: Mennie, Donald
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Hand-coloured photogravure. View along the gorge: ‘One of the most lasting impressions formed when travelling through the Gorges … is the approach to the T’ung-Ling Hsia — the gateway of the Ox Liver Gorge. Seen from a little distance, an impenetrable rampart of hig...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1925
Extent:
1 item

17. Cup.409.b.11(12)

Reference (shelfmark):
Cup.409.b.11(12)
Title:
Ma P’i-Ku. (The Horse’s Rump.) Photographer: Mennie, Donald
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Green-toned photogravure. View across the river towards the rocky ridge.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1925
Extent:
1 item

18. Cup.409.b.11(17)

Reference (shelfmark):
Cup.409.b.11(17)
Title:
Wên-Shan. (The Mountain of Learning). Photographer: Mennie, Donald
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Hand-coloured photogravure. ‘Viewed from this foreshore of the city of Wushan, the huge bulk of Wên-Shan appears to close the passage completely, and it is difficult to believe that a great river flows past its base and turns to the left behind it.’
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1925
Extent:
1 item

19. 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

20. Cup.409.b.11(37)

Reference (shelfmark):
Cup.409.b.11(37)
Title:
Along the Shores of the Erh-T’an. Photographer: Mennie, Donald
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Brown-toned photogravure. View along the riverbank: ‘The mountain paths are too rough for any kind of wheeled traffic and even the bamboo pole must be replaced in Szechuan by the back basket which the man in the foreground is carrying.’
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1925
Extent:
1 item

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