Caption

Temple in Beijing, page, photomechanical print, photographer: Donald Mennie, Beijing, cliché maker: anonymous, c. 1915 - in or before 1920, paper, rotogravure, height 203 mm x width 250 mm, places and objects of worship, non-Christian religions, A sepia-toned photograph of a large traditional building with a multi-tiered tiled roof and ornate eaves, raised on a stone platform with carved balustrades and a wide flight of stone steps leading up to a colonnaded veranda, leafless tree branches partially obscuring the upper structure, mature trees flanking the building, a cobbled foreground, and a solitary person standing near the base of the steps facing the building.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B07_044

License type

Rights managed

Available size

55.0Mb (6.5Mb) / 16.3in x 13.1in / 4886 x 3936 (300dpi)

Keywords

Temple Beijing page photomechanical print photographer Donald Mennie cliché maker anonymous c 1915 - 1920 paper rotogravure height 203 mm x width 250 mm places objects worship non-Christian religions sepia-toned photograph large traditional building multi-tiered tiled roof ornate eaves raised stone platform carved balustrades wide flight stone steps leading up colonnaded veranda leafless tree branches partially obscuring upper structure mature trees flanking building cobbled foreground solitary person standing near base steps facing building