Interior of the Angle of North Fort Immediately after Its Capture
August 21-22, 1860
- Medium
- Albumen silver print
- Dimensions
- 25.6 × 29.9 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-809804
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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