Interior of South Taku Fort, Showing the Place of Landing
August 22 or later, 1860
- Medium
- Albumen silver print
- Dimensions
- 23.4 × 86.3 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-807796
Beato made this image not only to celebrate the capture of South Taku Fort, but also to commemorate an earlier episode in the Second Opium War. On June 25, 1859, 89 British sailors were killed and another 252 wounded in the mudflats below the fort. The military atlas includes detailed studies of the Chinese defense.
Provenance
The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
Registry history
- August 22 or later, 1860 — Recorded in the collection of J. Paul Getty Museum — photographs
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