Great Wall of China, page, photomechanical print, photographer: Donald Mennie, Beijing, cliché maker: anonymous, c. 1915 - in or before 1920, paper, rotogravure, height 194 mm x width 280 mm, walls, fortified city, A long stone wall with battlements winds along a series of rolling, grassy hills receding into misty mountains, with several watchtowers and fortified structures punctuating the wall; the scene is rendered in a sepia tone, showing textured stonework on the wall faces, paths along the wall, undulating slopes, and distant layered ridgelines fading into the background.
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Great Wall of China, page, photomechanical print, photographer: Donald Mennie, Beijing, cliché maker: anonymous, c. 1915 - in or before 1920, paper, rotogravure, height 194 mm x width 280 mm, walls, fortified city, A long stone wall with battlements winds along a series of rolling, grassy hills receding into misty mountains, with several watchtowers and fortified structures punctuating the wall; the scene is rendered in a sepia tone, showing textured stonework on the wall faces, paths along the wall, undulating slopes, and distant layered ridgelines fading into the background.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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Great Wall China page photomechanical print photographer Donald Mennie Beijing cliché maker anonymous c 1915 - 1920 paper rotogravure height 194 mm x width 280 mm walls fortified city long stone wall battlements winds series rolling grassy hills receding misty mountains several watchtowers fortified structures punctuating wall scene rendered sepia tone showing textured stonework wall faces paths undulating slopes distant layered ridgelines fading background

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