Caption

Altar of Heaven in Beijing, page, photomechanical print, photographer: Donald Mennie, Beijing, cliché maker: anonymous, c. 1915 - in or before 1920, paper, rotogravure, height 175 mm x width 280 mm, temple, shrine, non-Christian religions, Temple of Heaven, A wide black-and-white photograph of an ornate multi-tiered circular stone terrace with carved balustrades and staircases, set behind a low tiled wall and in front of a grassy foreground. The terrace features repeating decorative posts and relief panels along its tiers, with a wide central stairway leading upward. In the background there are dense dark-tree silhouettes and a pavilion-like building with a steep conical roof visible to one side. The sky above is pale and mostly empty.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26B07_043

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52.4Mb (7.2Mb) / 18.2in x 11.2in / 5447 x 3361 (300dpi)

Keywords

Altar Heaven Beijing page photomechanical print photographer Donald Mennie cliché maker anonymous c 1915 - 1920 paper rotogravure height 175 mm x width 280 mm temple shrine non-Christian religions Temple wide black- -white photograph ornate multi-tiered circular stone terrace carved balustrades staircases set low tiled wall front grassy foreground terrace features repeating decorative posts relief panels tiers wide central stairway leading upward background dense dark-tree silhouettes pavilion- building steep conical roof visible side sky pale mostly empty