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The Pyramids of Giza, the waterways of Srinagar and the Yellow River are among the scenes in these prints from World Picture...

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The Pyramids of Giza, the waterways of Srinagar and the Yellow River are among the scenes in these prints from World Pictures, Mortimer Menpes's colour views of a world he travelled widely. Published by Adam & Charles Black in London in 1920 with text by Dorothy Menpes, the book takes in Egypt, Japan, India, China, Burma, Mexico, France and Greece. Menpes painted temples, street markets, traditional trades and local figures as readily as landmarks such as the Tower of the Winds in Athens and the cathedral at Lillebonne, and he painted life along the Seine too.

The Pyramids of Giza, the waterways of Srinagar and the Yellow River are among the scenes in these prints from World Pictures, Mortimer Menpes's colour views of a world he travelled widely. Published by Adam & Charles Black in London in 1920 with text by Dorothy Menpes, the book takes in Egypt, Japan, India, China, Burma, Mexico, France and Greece. Menpes painted temples, street markets, traditional trades and local figures as readily as landmarks such as the Tower of the Winds in Athens and the cathedral at Lillebonne, and he painted life along the Seine too.

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