Caption

Preparations for advance and attack being made by the main body of the first division near Mehotse, N. of Port Arthur, page, photomechanical print, inscription: 'The fall of Port Arthur.', inscription: 'The village to the right is Mehotse, The village seen higher up in the center is Kinheatun.', photographer: Ordnance Survey, Manchuria, cliché maker: Kazumasa Ogawa, Japan, 1894-11-20, paper, collotype, photoprint, height 207 mm x width 273 mm, city-view in general, 'veduta', army 'en route', A wide, pale landscape photograph showing an expansive, flat plain stretching toward a distant horizon beneath a bright, nearly blank sky, with subtle variations in tone indicating fields and low ridges, a series of shallow terraces and eroded gullies in the foreground, faint linear patterns and scattered darker patches across the midground suggesting vegetation or grouped objects, a low line of hills visible far off, and a narrow band of printed material along the bottom edge.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B06_359

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Rights managed

Available size

54.6Mb (9.8Mb) / 15.5in x 13.7in / 4641 x 4114 (300dpi)

Keywords

Preparations advance attack main body first division near Mehotse N Port Arthur page photomechanical print inscription fall village right Mehotse higher up center Kinheatun photographer Ordnance Survey Manchuria cliché maker Kazumasa Ogawa Japan 1894-11-20 paper collotype photoprint height 207 mm x width 273 mm city-view general veduta army en route wide pale landscape photograph showing expansive flat plain stretching distant horizon beneath bright nearly blank sky subtle variations tone indicating fields low ridges series shallow terraces eroded gullies foreground faint linear patterns scattered darker patches across midground suggesting vegetation grouped objects low line hills visible far off narrow band printed material bottom edge