Dongting Mountains

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Limestone promontory forming an arch over the water, near Lake Taihu, China — The Tung-Ting Shan.

Artist

Name:: Allom, Thomas
Dates:: 1804-1872
Country:: UK

Illustration

Subject:: Landscapes & places
Technique:: Metal engraving
Engraver:: Sands, James
Format:: Landscape (wider)
Source:: University of California Libraries, the Internet Archive

Book

Title:: China: in a series of views, displaying the scenery..., vol. 1
Author(s):: Wright, George Newenham
Publisher:: London, Paris: Fisher, Son, & Co., n.d. [1843?]
Open Library:: View record

Description

View of a spectacular Limestone promontory forming an arch over the water, in the vicinity of Lake Taihu, Jiangsu province, China. In the foreground, dignitaries are about to board a small boat from a bank where a pavilion can be seen at some distance. The Dongting (a more current transcription than Tung-Ting) Mountains stand in the background.

Keywords: 1840s, 19th century, Asia, black & white, China, China: in a series of..., reference book, rock, traveling, Victorian