Caption

Unknown eating men, page, photomechanical print, photographer: Donald Mennie, Beijing, cliché maker: anonymous, c. 1915 - in or before 1920, paper, rotogravure, height 217 mm x width 239 mm, historical persons, eating, A sepia-toned outdoor scene showing a group of people gathered around steaming pots and cooking fires near a low stone wall, with large metal cauldrons and barrels placed on and near the wall; some figures are seated while others stand or lean, several are engaged with the steaming pots, and a person is carrying a load on a pole; in the background there is a building with a tiled roof and decorative gables, a tall tree with branches spreading overhead, and a curved archway set into a wall, all seen through hazy smoke.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B07_009

License type

Rights managed

Available size

49.0Mb (11.2Mb) / 14.7in x 13.0in / 4405 x 3891 (300dpi)

Keywords

Unknown eating men page photomechanical print photographer Donald Mennie Beijing cliché maker anonymous c 1915 - 1920 paper rotogravure height 217 mm x width 239 mm historical persons sepia-toned outdoor scene showing group people gathered steaming pots cooking fires near low stone wall large metal cauldrons barrels placed near wall figures seated stand lean several engaged person carrying load pole background building tiled roof decorative gables tall tree branches spreading overhead curved archway set hazy smoke