Caption

View of the Forbidden City in Beijing, page, photomechanical print, photographer: Donald Mennie, Beijing, cliché maker: anonymous, c. 1915 - in or before 1920, paper, rotogravure, height 182 mm x width 276 mm, city-view in general, 'veduta', Forbidden City, A sepia-toned aerial view shows a dense cluster of traditional tiled-roof buildings and pavilions arranged behind multiple long horizontal walls, with large roofed halls rising toward the background and rows of smaller peaked roofs filling the midground; trees and leafy vegetation appear in the foreground interspersed with pathways and courtyard areas, while the distant upper portion of the scene is hazy and shows further layered rooftops fading into the background.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B07_016

License type

Rights managed

Available size

54.7Mb (6.4Mb) / 18.0in x 11.8in / 5409 x 3532 (300dpi)

Keywords

View Forbidden City Beijing page photomechanical print photographer Donald Mennie cliché maker anonymous c 1915 - 1920 paper rotogravure height 182 mm x width 276 mm city-view general veduta sepia-toned aerial view dense cluster traditional tiled-roof buildings pavilions arranged multiple long horizontal walls large roofed halls rising background rows smaller peaked roofs filling midground trees leafy vegetation foreground interspersed pathways courtyard areas distant upper portion scene hazy further layered rooftops fading background