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Archive Reference (shelfmark) L.R.420.c.10

11. 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

12. L.R.420.c.10(11)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.420.c.10(11)
Title:
Chieh T'ai Ssu — Western Hills. Photographer: Mennie, Donald
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View from a terrace of the monastery, with a figure contemplating the view: 'The Chieh T'ai Ssu...or Altar of Abstinence is a richly endowed Buddhist monastery some 15 miles from Peking. It was a favourite resort of the Emperor Ch'ien Lung, and the view from its...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1920
Extent:
1 item

13. L.R.420.c.10(12)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.420.c.10(12)
Title:
Courtyard of the Lama Temple. Photographer: Mennie, Donald
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View looking across the tree-lined cortyard of the temple, with one of the bronze guardian lions on its plinth in the foreground: 'The Yung Ho Kung...commonly known as the Lama Temple, is near the north wall at the end of Hatamen Street. It is a temple or rather...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1920
Extent:
1 item

14. L.R.420.c.10(13)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.420.c.10(13)
Title:
Camel study [Beijing]. Photographer: Mennie, Donald
Scope & Content:
View of three Bactrian camels, beneath the city walls of Beijing.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1920
Extent:
1 item

15. L.R.420.c.10(14)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.420.c.10(14)
Title:
Marble gate at Chü Yung kuan. Photographer: Mennie, Donald
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View of a man with laden donkeys, passing through the archway: 'It is an arch rather than a gate, and a glance shows that it is very beautiful and that it is not all in Chinese style. Chü Yung Kuan...is a few miles beyond Nank'ou, close to the Great Wall, and th...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1920
Extent:
1 item

16. L.R.420.c.10(15)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.420.c.10(15)
Title:
Along the sunlit dusty street (near the Yung Ting Mên) [Beijing]. Photographer: Mennie, Donald
Scope & Content:
Genre: Urban Topographical Photography Rear view of a cart on a dusty street in Beijing.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1920
Extent:
1 item

17. L.R.420.c.10(16)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.420.c.10(16)
Title:
The Long Gallery — Summer Palace [Beijing]. Photographer: Mennie, Donald
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View looking along a covered walk in the Summer Palace, 'behind the marble terrace which borders the lake. Besides the fine vista of the gallery itself one has beautiful glimpses of lake scenery. Each rafter is adorned with landscape paintings.'
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1920
Extent:
1 item

18. L.R.420.c.10(17)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.420.c.10(17)
Title:
The mid-day meal [Beijing]. Photographer: Mennie, Donald
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) View of labourers eating their mid-day meal at the roadside.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1920
Extent:
1 item

19. 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

20. 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