Felice Beato, Interior of the Angle of North Fort
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Felice Beato

Interior of the Angle of North Fort

August 21-22, 1860

Current Collection

J. Paul Getty Museum

Los Angeles, United States

Medium
Albumen silver print
Dimensions
24.4 × 30 cm
Status
In Museum Collection
Collect24 Art ID
C24-808378

Beato photographed the North Taku Fort shortly after its capture, creating a sequence of eight views in order to vividly re-create the event. A British military physician, Dr. David F. Rennie, recalled in his memoir of the campaign: "I passed into the fort, and a distressing scene of carnage disclosed itself. . . . Signor Beato was here in great excitement, characterising the group as 'beautiful, ' and begging that it might not be interfered with until perpetuated by his photographic apparatus, which was done a few minutes afterwards. "

Provenance

The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles

Registry history

  • August 21-22, 1860 — Recorded in the collection of J. Paul Getty Museum — photographs

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