Interior of the North Fort Taku After Its Capture on August 21, 1860

1860

Felice Beato

Associated Names
Felice Beato

Artist, British, born Venice, 1832 - 1909

The image displays a desolate landscape with trenches and fortifications. The horizon is high in the image, showing an open sky and distant structures. The foreground has earthworks, scattered debris, and rudimentary shelters. The photo is in sepia tone, giving it an aged feel. It has a wide-angle perspective and no active human presence.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    albumen silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Michael and Jane Wilson

  • Dimensions

    image: 23.1 × 114.4 cm (9 1/8 × 45 1/16 in.)
    mount: 24.8 × 33.3 cm (9 3/4 × 13 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.137.1.10

  • 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: Interior of the North Fort after the Capture on 21st Augt 1860.; upper left in graphite: 4(3' 8"; bottom right in graphite: 00:6693

Wikidata ID

Q64147555

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