1929 Photogravure Temple of Five Hundred Genii Kunming China Chinese Sculptures YYM5 This is an original 1949

This is an original 1949 black and white print ad for the Norton Company

This piece was illustrated by Pinxit

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A photogravure is a photographic image produced from an engraving plate --an expensive and rarely used process today

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1929 Photogravure Temple of Five Hundred Genii Kunming China Chinese Sculptures YYM5 This is an original 1949This is an original 1929 photogravure of the Temple of Five Hundred Genii near Kunming, China. Kunming is the capital of the Yunnan province. The photographer of this image is Dr. Martin Hrlimann of Berlin, Germany. His photographs were largely composed of cities and civilizations, and taken mostly with a Sinclair camera. Period Paper is pleased to offer an exceptional collection of historic original photogravures of the landscape, architecture, and