Rear of the North Fort After Its Capture, Showing the Retreat of the Chinese Army, August 21, 1860

1860

Felice Beato

Associated Names
Felice Beato

Artist, British, born Venice, 1832 - 1909

The image shows a wide landscape with a fortress on the horizon. The fortress has solid walls with openings and flags flying on top. The foreground is barren with patches of mud, water pools, and some figures scattered around. The horizon is in the upper third of the image. The color palette is sepia-toned. The image appears to be a photograph.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    albumen silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Michael and Jane Wilson

  • Dimensions

    image: 23 × 29.3 cm (9 1/16 × 11 9/16 in.)
    mount: 24.6 × 31 cm (9 11/16 × 12 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.137.1.9

  • 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: Rear of the North Fort after the Capture showing the retreat of the Chinese Army / on 21st Augt 1860.; bottom right in graphite: 00:6693

Wikidata ID

Q64147554

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