Interior of the Second North Fort After Its Surrender on August 21, 1860, Wherein 2000 Prisoners Were Taken
1860
Artist, British, born Venice, 1832 - 1909
Artwork overview
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Medium
albumen print
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image: 21.5 × 60 cm (8 7/16 × 23 5/8 in.)
mount: 24.1 × 32.7 cm (9 1/2 × 12 7/8 in.) -
Accession
2012.137.1.2
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Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(sale, Christie's, South Kensington, 05 May 2000, lot 302, as The Second Opium War China, 1860); Michael and Jane Wilson, Wilson Centre for Photography, London, acquired 2000; gift to NGA, 2012.
Associated Names
Inscriptions
on verso of mount, by unknown hand, along top in black ink on paper label: Interior of the 2nd North Fort after its Surrender on 21st Augt. 1860. / Wherein 2000 Prisoners were taken.; upper left in graphite: 2(1'-11"; bottom right in graphite: 00:6693
Wikidata ID
Q64147546