Caption

Gate in Beijing, page, photomechanical print, photographer: Donald Mennie, Beijing, cliché maker: anonymous, c. 1915 - in or before 1920, paper, rotogravure, height 279 mm x width 200 mm, historical persons, ass, donkey, gate, entrance, A dark stone archway frames a sunlit scene beyond, with the arch's textured interior visible on both sides; under the arch a narrow dirt path leads outward where a pack animal with saddlebags walks toward the viewer accompanied by a person walking beside it; to the left a wooden cart and another person are partly visible in shadow, and to the right the arch wall shows rough brick and a narrow doorway; beyond the arch silhouettes of trees rise in bright haze and several small canopies or stalls and faint figures are visible in the light.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B07_027

License type

Rights managed

Available size

53.1Mb (9.2Mb) / 12.1in x 17.1in / 3624 x 5119 (300dpi)

Keywords

Gate Beijing page photomechanical print photographer Donald Mennie cliché maker anonymous c 1915 - 1920 paper rotogravure height 279 mm x width 200 mm historical persons ass donkey gate entrance dark stone archway frames sunlit scene beyond arch's textured interior visible sides under arch narrow dirt path leads outward pack animal saddlebags walks viewer accompanied person walking beside left wooden cart another person partly visible shadow right arch wall rough brick narrow doorway beyond arch silhouettes trees rise bright haze several small canopies stalls faint figures visible light