Exterior of North Taku Fort on Peiho River, Showing the English and French Entrance, August 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: 23 × 29.3 cm (9 1/16 × 11 9/16 in.)
mount: 24.5 × 31.3 cm (9 5/8 × 12 5/16 in.) -
Accession
2012.137.1.6
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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: Exterior of North Fort on Peiho river. showing the English & French entrance / Augt 21st 1860.; bottom right in graphite: 00:6693
Wikidata ID
Q64147551