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...
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.
Wên-Shan. (The Mountain of Learning). Photographer: Mennie, Donald
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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.’
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.’