Caption

View of the Winter Palace in Beijing, page, photomechanical print, photographer: Donald Mennie, Beijing, cliché maker: anonymous, c. 1915 - in or before 1920, paper, rotogravure, height 178 mm x width 278 mm, trees, palace, A sepia-toned scene of a large body of water with a shoreline in the foreground and a hillside with buildings and trees across the water, with a dark, polished statue of a reclining bull placed on an ornate rectangular stone platform near the water’s edge; the platform has carved railings and decorative details, and the bull faces toward the water with curved horns and a smooth surface, while the distant shore shows pagoda-like structures and clustered foliage under a pale sky.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B07_032

License type

Rights managed

Available size

42.5Mb (11.9Mb) / 19.0in x 8.7in / 5695 x 2606 (300dpi)

Keywords

View Winter Palace Beijing page photomechanical print photographer Donald Mennie cliché maker anonymous c 1915 - 1920 paper rotogravure height 178 mm x width 278 mm trees palace sepia-toned scene large body water shoreline foreground hillside buildings trees across dark polished statue reclining bull placed ornate rectangular stone platform near water’s edge platform carved railings decorative details bull faces curved horns smooth surface distant shore pagoda- structures clustered foliage under pale sky