Caption

Street view in Beijing, page, photomechanical print, photographer: Donald Mennie, Beijing, cliché maker: anonymous, c. 1915 - in or before 1920, paper, rotogravure, height 160 mm x width 290 mm, street, A wide sepia street scene with a multi-tiered pagoda-style building rising behind rows of single-story shops and trees, people walking and standing along the street, several figures wearing loose garments and hats, a man riding a donkey and a person pushing a two-wheeled cart loaded with round baskets, a man carrying a yoke with buckets, wooden carts and bundles placed on small carts, a row of ornate wooden doors and arched entrances along the right side, simple poles and poles with cables, uneven dirt road surface and scattered shadows across the foreground.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B07_040

License type

Rights managed

Available size

49.5Mb (6.6Mb) / 18.9in x 10.2in / 5664 x 3056 (300dpi)

Keywords

Street view Beijing page photomechanical print photographer Donald Mennie cliché maker anonymous c 1915 - 1920 paper rotogravure height 160 mm x width 290 mm street wide sepia street scene multi-tiered pagoda-style building rising rows single-story shops trees people walking standing several figures wearing loose garments hats man riding donkey person pushing two-wheeled cart loaded round baskets man carrying yoke buckets wooden carts bundles placed small carts row ornate wooden doors arched entrances right side simple poles poles cables uneven dirt road surface scattered shadows across foreground