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41. L.R.420.c.10(18)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.420.c.10(18)
Title:
Through the P'ing Tsê Mên [Beijing]. Photographer: Mennie, Donald
Scope & Content:
Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View of a mule cart passing through the arched gateway in the centre of the western wall of the Tartar city.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1920
Extent:
1 item

42. L.R.420.c.10(38)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.420.c.10(38)
Title:
Through the Nan Hsi Mên [Beijing]. Photographer: Mennie, Donald
Scope & Content:
Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View of a cart and a laden mule passing through the arched gateway, 'the most western of the three gates in the south wall of the Chinese city...The picture helps us realize the intensity of the light; on emerging from that gate one is in open country, in ...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1920
Extent:
1 item

43. L.R.420.c.10(64)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.420.c.10(64)
Title:
The Altar of Heaven [Temple of Heaven, Beijing]. Photographer: Mennie, Donald
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View of the tiered marble altar in the Temple of Heaven complex.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1920
Extent:
1 item

44. L.R.420.c.10(19)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.420.c.10(19)
Title:
P'ai lou and marble bridge — Pai Hai [Beijing]. Photographer: Mennie, Donald
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View looking through the wooden gateway towards the bridge: 'This is the Jade Bridge already seen in No. III, but the view here is from the island end of it. The p'ai lou — merely decorative and not commemorative — is a very good specimen of the wooden structure...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1920
Extent:
1 item

45. L.R.420.c.10(20)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.420.c.10(20)
Title:
By the Hsi Chih Mên [Beijing]. Photographer: Mennie, Donald
Scope & Content:
Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View looking along the city wall towards the massive gatehouse tower, with a cart on the road in the foreground: 'This gate...which is the northern one in the western wall of the Tartar city, is certainly imposing if not sublime. The make-up of the wall, t...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1920
Extent:
1 item

46. L.R.420.c.10(46)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.420.c.10(46)
Title:
Bronze ox — Summer Palace [Beijing]. Photographer: Mennie, Donald
Scope & Content:
View of the bronze ox, mounted on a plinth overlooking the lake in the Summer Palace.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1920
Extent:
1 item

47. L.R.420.c.10(32)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.420.c.10(32)
Title:
The sculptured base of the stupa — Yellow Temple [Beijing]. Photographer: Mennie, Donald
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Close view of sculpture on the base of the stupa in the Yellow Temple (Huang si), erected in memory of the Panshen Lama, who died smallpox during a visit to Beijing in the late 18th-century: 'The monument is modelled on Tibetan or Indian lines and stands 30 feet...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1920
Extent:
1 item

48. L.R.420.c.10(49)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.420.c.10(49)
Title:
Bridge of the Curved Back — Summer Palace [Beijing]. Photographer: Mennie, Donald
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View of the bridge, with a boat passing beneath: 'This marble bridge is on the K'un Ming Lake of the Summer Palace. The single span is twenty-four feet, and the height of thirty feet under the arch was to allow the Imperial pleasure barge to pass. It has the name Lo...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1920
Extent:
1 item

49. L.R.420.c.10(10)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.420.c.10(10)
Title:
Lung Wang T'ang [Dragon King's Temple, Western Hills]. Photographer: Mennie, Donald
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View of the temple buildings of the Longwang tang or Dragon King's Temple, set among woodland in the Western Hills (Xiang shan) north-west of Beijing.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1920
Extent:
1 item

50. L.R.420.c.10(5)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.420.c.10(5)
Title:
Pi Yün Ssu [Jade Cloud Temple, Western Hills, near Beijing]. Photographer: Mennie, Donald
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View from the terrace of the Jade Cloud or Azure Clouds Temple (Biyun si), with a priest in the foreground contemplating the hills beyond.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1920
Extent:
1 item

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