Caption

View of a house among trees, page, photomechanical print, photographer: Donald Mennie, Beijing, cliché maker: anonymous, c. 1915 - in or before 1920, paper, rotogravure, height 278 mm x width 203 mm, trees, rural housing, eg country-house, villa, cottage, China, A large tree trunk and thick horizontal branches fill the upper and left portions of the image, their textured bark and needle-like foliage creating a dense canopy. Beneath the branches, a tiled-roof building with patterned windows and a central doorway sits partially obscured by trees and shrubs. In front of the building, a stone wall and a set of worn stone steps descend into a shaded area framed by vegetation. The scene is monochrome, with strong contrasts between the dark tree silhouettes and the lighter background foliage and architectural surfaces.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B07_006

License type

Rights managed

Available size

56.5Mb (8.1Mb) / 12.6in x 17.4in / 3781 x 5223 (300dpi)

Keywords

View house trees page photomechanical print photographer Donald Mennie Beijing cliché maker anonymous c 1915 - 1920 paper rotogravure height 278 mm x width 203 mm rural housing eg country-house villa cottage China large tree trunk thick horizontal branches fill upper left portions image textured bark needle- foliage creating dense canopy Beneath tiled-roof building patterned windows central doorway sits partially obscured shrubs front building stone wall set worn stone steps descend shaded area framed vegetation scene monochrome strong contrasts dark tree silhouettes lighter background foliage architectural surfaces