Entrance to the Five Genii Temple, Canton, April 1860

1860

Felice Beato

Artist, British, born Venice, 1832 - 1909

Felice Beato

Attributed to

Media Options

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    albumen print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Michael and Jane Wilson

  • Dimensions

    image: 25.2 × 27.3 cm (9 15/16 × 10 3/4 in.)
    mount: 25.2 × 30.7 cm (9 15/16 × 12 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.137.1.33

  • 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: Entrance to the Five Genii Temple. / Canton April 1860.; bottom right in graphite: 00:6693

Wikidata ID

Q64147580

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