La Chine à terre et en ballon; reproduction de 272 photographies, exécutées par des Officiers du Génie du corps expéditionnaire et groupées sur 42 [vraiment 41] planches et phototypie avec légendes explicatives

Rocher, Emile · 1902 · Paris, Berger-Levrault & cie · 6 pictures

A photographic album published in Paris in 1902 by Berger-Levrault, compiled by Emile Rocher from 272 photographs taken by engineer officers of the French expeditionary corps in China, with explanatory captions for a French readership. The plates show Beijing and Tianjin: monumental gateways, pavilions, a long arched bridge over water, street scenes, and war-damaged buildings and rubble. Their framed black-and-white halftones with Art Nouveau line ornaments, dense but orderly grids, and aerial-style panoramas offer a designer a model for editorial photo layouts and period decorative borders.

Aerial photography · Aerial photography -- China · China -- Pictorial works · Beijing (China) -- Pictorial works · Tianjin (China) -- Pictorial works

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