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11. 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

12. 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

13. Cup.409.b.11(22)

Reference (shelfmark):
Cup.409.b.11(22)
Title:
A Bridge at Wan-Hsien. Photographer: Mennie, Donald
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Brown-toned photogravure. View along the stream looking towards the single-spanned masonry bridge, surmounted by a building, with houses rising up the hillside on the right: ‘The airy span of this beautiful arch connects the city of Wan-Hsien with its western suburb...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1925
Extent:
1 item

14. Cup.409.b.11(26)

Reference (shelfmark):
Cup.409.b.11(26)
Title:
The ‘Wash-Tub’ of Wan-Hsien. Photographer: Mennie, Donald
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View looking down onto the river at Wan-Hsien, its banks crowded with men and women washing clothes.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1925
Extent:
1 item

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

Reference (shelfmark):
Cup.409.b.11(3)
Title:
Ch’ing-T’an. (Bright Rapid.) Photographer: Mennie, Donald
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View looking along the rapids, with steep mountainside rising on either bank: ‘This Rapid occurs between the Ox Liver and Mi-Tsiang Gorges. It was caused by a fall of rocks from the right bank which took place, it is said, in the year 1637. Ever since it has continu...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1925
Extent:
1 item

16. Cup.409.b.11(18)

Reference (shelfmark):
Cup.409.b.11(18)
Title:
The Ferry Boat. Photographer: Mennie, Donald
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Green-toned photogravure. Showing a ferryman poling his wooden craft on the river.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1925
Extent:
1 item

17. 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

18. Cup.409.b.11(12)

Reference (shelfmark):
Cup.409.b.11(12)
Title:
Ma P’i-Ku. (The Horse’s Rump.) Photographer: Mennie, Donald
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Green-toned photogravure. View across the river towards the rocky ridge.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1925
Extent:
1 item

19. Cup.409.b.11(17)

Reference (shelfmark):
Cup.409.b.11(17)
Title:
Wên-Shan. (The Mountain of Learning). Photographer: Mennie, Donald
Scope & Content:
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.’
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1925
Extent:
1 item

20. 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