Caption

Unknown man at a stupa, page, photomechanical print, photographer: Donald Mennie, Beijing, cliché maker: anonymous, c. 1915 - in or before 1920, paper, rotogravure, height 279 mm x width 201 mm, adult man, statues, paintings, etc., objects of worship (non-Christian religions), Temple of Azure Clouds, A sepia-toned photograph shows a stone terrace with a tiled floor and carved balustrade, a large carved stupa-like monument occupying the right foreground with ornate relief sculpture on its rounded base and a fluted column rising to a wide circular capital, a solitary robed figure standing near the balustrade facing the monument, distant terraced hills forming the background, and tree branches extending into the upper right corner.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B07_013

License type

Rights managed

Available size

55.1Mb (6.0Mb) / 12.2in x 17.6in / 3653 x 5276 (300dpi)

Keywords

Unknown man stupa page photomechanical print photographer Donald Mennie Beijing cliché maker anonymous c 1915 - 1920 paper rotogravure height 279 mm x width 201 mm adult man statues paintings etc objects worship non-Christian religions Temple Azure Clouds sepia-toned photograph stone terrace tiled floor carved balustrade large carved stupa- monument occupying right foreground ornate relief sculpture rounded base fluted column rising wide circular capital solitary robed figure standing near balustrade facing monument distant terraced hills forming background tree branches extending upper right corner