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1. 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

2. 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

3. Cup.409.b.11(19)

Reference (shelfmark):
Cup.409.b.11(19)
Title:
Tracking over the Hsin-Lung T’an. Photographer: Mennie, Donald
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Showing a line of trackers, on hands and knees, pulling a junk (not visible) up the rapid.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1925
Extent:
1 item

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. Cup.409.b.11(31)

Reference (shelfmark):
Cup.409.b.11(31)
Title:
Portals of Awe. Photographer: Mennie, Donald
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Green-toned photogravure. ‘Halfway through the long Wushan Gorge is the boundary between Hupeh and Szechuan, marked by a narrow glen on the right bank of Pei Shih. The picture shows a corner of Wushan, the first city over the border. It is built on a hill facing the...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1925
Extent:
1 item

9. Cup.409.b.11(32)

Reference (shelfmark):
Cup.409.b.11(32)
Title:
The Kung-Ling T’an. Photographer: Mennie, Donald
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Brown-toned photogravure. View along the gorge: ‘Situated at the eastern entrance to the Ox Liver Gorge, the Kung-Ling T’an is accounted one of the most dangerous rapids at low water season. In the centre is seen the great rock which bisects the channel, leaving onl...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1925
Extent:
1 item

10. Cup.409.b.11(35)

Reference (shelfmark):
Cup.409.b.11(35)
Title:
The Rock-Bound Mouth of the Niu-Kan, Ma-Fei Hsia. (Ox Liver, Horse’s Lung Gorge. Photographer: Mennie, Donald
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Hand-coloured photogravure. View along the gorge towards mountains on the horizon: ‘At the head of the Zigzag Reaches is the Niu-kan, Ma-fei Hsia, or Ox-liver Gorge, the magnificent portals of which are called Tong-ling Hsia, or Pierced Mountain Gorge. At their foot...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1925
Extent:
1 item

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