Tomb Near Palichian, the Scene of the Commencement of the Attack on September 21, 1860
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: 22.4 × 28.9 cm (8 13/16 × 11 3/8 in.)
mount: 23.8 × 31.6 cm (9 3/8 × 12 7/16 in.) -
Accession
2012.137.1.27
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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: Tomb near Palichian the Scene of the Commencement of the atack on / the 21st September 1860. _ Near Pekin.; bottom right in graphite: 00:6693
Wikidata ID
Q64147574