Sacred Temple of Heaven Where the Emperor Sacrifices Once a Year, in the Chinese City of Pekin, October 1860

1860

Felice Beato

Artist, British, born Venice, 1832 - 1909

Felice Beato

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    albumen print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Michael and Jane Wilson

  • Dimensions

    image: 24.6 × 29.4 cm (9 11/16 × 11 9/16 in.)
    mount: 25.2 × 31.6 cm (9 15/16 × 12 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.137.1.17

  • 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: Sacred Temple of Heaven Where the Emperor sacrifices once a year in the / Chinese City - Pekin October 1860.; bottom left in graphite: 00.6693

Wikidata ID

Q64147562

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