Felice Beato, [Street and Shops in the Tartar City at Peking]
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Felice Beato

[Street and Shops in the Tartar City at Peking]

October 1860

Current Collection

J. Paul Getty Museum

Los Angeles, United States

Medium
Albumen silver print
Dimensions
23.9 × 28.3 cm
Status
In Museum Collection
Collect24 Art ID
C24-415779

Shop fronts line a street in the Tartar Quarter of Beijing. One man stands in a doorway, another sits on the stoop. The facades of the buildings have fretwork screens, ornate carvings, and poles extending over the street featuring dragons.

Provenance

Partial gift from the Wilson Centre for Photography

Registry history

  • October 1860 — Recorded in the collection of J. Paul Getty Museum — photographs

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