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032-003230953 Subject Bridges

1. L.R.420.c.10(56)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.420.c.10(56)
Title:
Marble bridge — Summer Palace [Beijing]. Photographer: Mennie, Donald
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view of the bridge: 'This very graceful bridge of marble in the Wan Shou Shan Summer Palace passes from the mainland to a little island in the lake. It has seventeen arches, and dates from 1755.'
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1920
Extent:
1 item

2. L.R.420.c.10(3)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.420.c.10(3)
Title:
Approach to the Pei Hai [Winter Palace, Beijing]. Photographer: Mennie, Donald
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View looking across a graceful stone bridge towards the stupa rising on the hillside beyond: 'A bridge called the Yü ho Ch'iao divides the North Sea or Pei Hai from the Middle Sea or Chung Hai of the Winter Palace. From the east end of that bridge a smaller one ...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1920
Extent:
1 item

3. 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

4. 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