![Felice Beato, [Top of the Wall of Peking Taken Possession of on the 14th October 1860 showing the Chinese Guns Directed against our Batteries]](https://media.getty.edu/iiif/image/0d1dfa71-6c63-4ea4-81fa-eb24a1778234/full/!1400,/0/default.jpg)
[Top of the Wall of Peking Taken Possession of on the 14th October 1860 showing the Chinese Guns Directed against our Batteries]
October 14, 1860
- Medium
- Albumen silver print
- Dimensions
- 23.4 × 28.4 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-820440
Taken from the top of the northern wall of the city, a paved road leads along the left. In the center are two cannons, one pointing in the direction of the road, the other towards the city. A man sits on the ground nearby.
Provenance
Partial gift from the Wilson Centre for Photography
Registry history
- October 14, 1860 — Recorded in the collection of J. Paul Getty Museum — photographs
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