Angle of North Taku Fort at Which the French Entered, August 21, 1860

1860

Felice Beato

Associated Names
Felice Beato

Artist, British, born Venice, 1832 - 1909

The image shows a decaying adobe structure viewed from ground level. The horizon is not clearly visible due to the dominant wall running horizontally across the image. The wall tilts slightly backward as it extends into the distance. The top of the wall is uneven, with some areas crumbling and supported by wooden ladders. Spiky wooden stakes are placed in the ground, forming a line in the lower part of the image. The color palette is monochromatic with varying shades of sepia, giving the scene a vintage quality. The background sky is a pale tone, contrasting with the rugged texture of the wall and ground in the foreground.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    albumen silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Michael and Jane Wilson

  • Dimensions

    image: 24.3 × 29.2 cm (9 9/16 × 11 1/2 in.)
    mount: 25 × 31.4 cm (9 13/16 × 12 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.137.1.8

  • 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: Angle of North Fort at Which the French entered. / 21st Augt 1860.; bottom right in graphite: 00:6693

Wikidata ID

Q64147553

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