03 Yangtze River View Showing Sheer Cliff

Item

Title
03 Yangtze River View Showing Sheer Cliff
Caption
Hu Nyan Gorge
Identifier
NEB_06
Alternative Identifier
579-22
Description
Scene of a cliff within one of the Yangtze River gorges with a single tree atop it. A houseboat in the lower left foreground provides a sense of scale to the rock faces on both sides of the river.
Creator
Newton E. Bowles
Date Created
1907
Location
Niukou, Upper Yangtze River between Ichang (Yichang) and Patung (Badong)
Original Format
Photographic Print
Source
David Rutherford
Provenance
Bowles Family Archives
Publisher
SIUE
Contributor
Nicholas Fowler; Cory Willmott
Type
Still Image
References
Hart, Virgil C. 1888. Western China: A Journey to the Great Buddhist Centre of Mount Omei. Boston: Ticknor and Co.