Caption

Summer Palace in Beijing, page, photomechanical print, photographer: Donald Mennie, Beijing, cliché maker: anonymous, c. 1915 - in or before 1920, paper, rotogravure, height 260 mm x width 204 mm, palace, Summer Palace, A sepia-toned photograph of a traditional multi-tiered building with ornate upturned eaves and tiled roofs, showing detailed carved brackets and decorative roof ridges. The facade features a row of tall columns supporting the overhanging eaves and intricately patterned window or door panels set between the columns. A stone balustrade runs along a raised platform in front of the building, interrupted by a wide flight of stone steps leading up to the entrance. Trees with sparse foliage frame the scene at the left and right edges, and shadowed ground stretches in the foreground.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B07_046

License type

Rights managed

Available size

57.6Mb (6.4Mb) / 13.2in x 17.0in / 3952 x 5094 (300dpi)

Keywords

Summer Palace Beijing page photomechanical print photographer Donald Mennie cliché maker anonymous c 1915 - 1920 paper rotogravure height 260 mm x width 204 mm palace sepia-toned photograph traditional multi-tiered building ornate upturned eaves tiled roofs showing detailed carved brackets decorative roof ridges facade features row tall columns supporting overhanging eaves intricately patterned window door panels set stone balustrade runs raised platform front building interrupted wide flight stone steps leading up entrance Trees sparse foliage frame scene left right edges shadowed ground stretches foreground