Entrance to the Treasury, Canton, April 10, 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: 29 × 24.3 cm (11 7/16 × 9 9/16 in.)
mount: 30.1 × 25.1 cm (11 7/8 × 9 7/8 in.) -
Accession Number
2012.137.1.32
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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: Entrance to Treasury. Canton April 1860.; bottom center in graphite: 00:6693
Wikidata ID
Q64147579