Caption
Unknown persons with horse and cart at a gate, page, photomechanical print, photographer: Donald Mennie, Beijing, cliché maker: anonymous, c. 1915 - in or before 1920, paper, rotogravure, height 252 mm x width 203 mm, historical persons, two-wheeled, animal-drawn vehicle, gate, entrance, A wide stone archway framed by textured brickwork opens onto a shadowed passage where a cart hitched to a donkey stands in front of the arch, the donkey facing forward with visible harnesses and ropes, its ears prominent; a partially shirtless figure sits on the cart holding a pole and wearing a cloth wrapped around the head; behind and within the arch a person balances a carrying pole across the shoulders with buckets hanging from its ends; another man walks forward carrying items in each hand and wearing light clothing; additional silhouetted figures stand further back in the passage; architectural details of worn walls, a wooden gate, and stone structures are visible through the arch, and a tree canopy appears in the brighter area beyond the opening; the foreground shows a rough textured ground leading up to the arch.
Credit line
Photo12/Liszt Collection
Reference
LZT26B07_010
License type
Rights managed
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57.4Mb (8.0Mb) / 13.3in x 16.8in / 3994 x 5026 (300dpi)