Temple of Confucius, Pekin, October 1860
1860
Artist, British, born Venice, 1832 - 1909
Felice Beato
Attributed to

Artwork overview
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Medium
albumen print
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image: 23.8 × 29.4 cm (9 3/8 × 11 9/16 in.)
mount: 24.4 × 31.4 cm (9 5/8 × 12 3/8 in.) -
Accession Number
2012.137.1.15
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Volume Title
The Second Opium War
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: Temple of Confucius. Pekin October 1860.; bottom left in graphite: 00:6693
Wikidata ID
Q64147560