Caption

Gate and bridge at the Beihai Park in Beijing, page, photomechanical print, photographer: Donald Mennie, Beijing, cliché maker: anonymous, c. 1915 - in or before 1920, paper, rotogravure, height 274 mm x width 204 mm, bridge, gate, entrance, Beihai Park, A sepia-toned photograph shows a large traditional wooden gate with ornate carved beams and tiled eaves supported by thick pillars and angled wooden braces, framing a stone bridge with a balustrade of repeating short posts that leads toward a distant building with layered tiled roofs partially obscured by trees; decorative patterns appear on the gate beams and the roof edges, and shadows from the structure and posts stretch across the stone pavement in the foreground.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B07_011

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Available size

54.5Mb (5.4Mb) / 12.5in x 16.9in / 3750 x 5077 (300dpi)

Keywords

Gate bridge Beihai Park Beijing page photomechanical print photographer Donald Mennie cliché maker anonymous c 1915 - 1920 paper rotogravure height 274 mm x width 204 mm gate entrance sepia-toned photograph large traditional wooden gate ornate carved beams tiled eaves supported thick pillars angled wooden braces framing stone bridge balustrade repeating short posts leads distant building layered tiled roofs partially obscured trees decorative patterns gate beams roof edges shadows structure posts stretch across stone pavement foreground