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Collection Area Visual Arts Archive Reference (shelfmark) Photo 353 Material Type Photographs

1. Photo 353

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 353
Title:
Thornton Collection: Views in China, Suakin and India. Photographer(s): Beato, Felice
Scope & Content:
Loose prints mounted on modern archival card and inserted in Secol sleeves. The collection appears to have originally been in album form and many of the original captions are retained. The collection was presented by J.P. Thornton, grandson of the compiler Surgeon-General Sir James Howard Thornt...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1858-1885
Extent:
52 items

2. Photo 353(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 353(1)
Title:
[Panorama. - Talien Whan Bay, July 21st, 1860.] Photographer: Beato, Felice
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events Panoramic view composed of five joined prints, looking out over the fleet at anchor, with military encampments in the foreground. This appears to be item E in Hering's printed catalogue of Beato views, although it is there listed as comprising only two prints rather tha...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1 Jul 1860
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 353(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 353(2)
Title:
A view of the island of Hong Kong & the city of Victoria, also the territory of Kowloon (lately ceded to the British) with the encampment of the British Army. Photographer: Beato, Felice
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events Panoramic view composed of six joined prints, photographed from Kowloon and looking towards the island of Hong Kong. The main part of the city of Victoria forms the central portion of the panorama. Military encampments in foreground. This is Print C in the published cat...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Mar 1860
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 353(3)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 353(3)
Title:
View of the town & forts of Peh-tang, occupied by the British and French armies on their landing in China, August 1st 1860. Photographer: Beato, Felice
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events Panoramic view composed of seven joined prints. View from the interior of the fort looking across the battlements towards the town and river. The other part of the fort, across the river, can be seen in the right-hand print of the panorama. The French flag flies on the ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1 Aug 1860
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 353(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 353(4)
Title:
Tang-ku Fort after its capture by the Allied Army on the 14th of August 1860. Photographer: Beato, Felice
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events Panoramic view composed of two joined prints, looking across moats and an expanse of mud towards the battlements of the fort. The date given in the caption conflicts with Beato's date. This is Print 8 in the published catalogue of Beato's China views, and is there title...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
10 Aug 1860
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 353(5)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 353(5)
Title:
[Interior of North Fort, showing the Chinese Encampment, August 21st, 1860.] Photographer: Beato, Felice
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events View across an open area littered with Chinese corpses towards the battlements of the fort, whose walls are additionally protected by a forest of wooden stakes. The flags of the allied armies fly from the fort. This is Print 19 in Hering's published catalogue of Beato's...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
21 Aug 1860
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 353(6)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 353(6)
Title:
[Exterior of North Taku Fort, showing the English Entrance.] Photographer: Beato, Felice
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events This is Print 16 in the published catalogue of Beato's China views, where it is titled as above. The caption given beneath the print reads 'The North Fort, showing the line of retreat taken by the remains of the garrison after the capture of the place on the 21st of Aug...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
21 Aug 1860
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 353(7)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 353(7)
Title:
North Taku Fort, taken by the Allied Army on the 21st of August 1860. Showing the point where the French storming party entered. Photographer: Beato, Felice
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events Exterior view of the wall of the fort, with wooden stakes in foreground and ladders leaned up against the breach in the wall. This is Print 12 in the published catalogue of Beato's China views, and is there titled 'Angle of North Fort at which the French entered, Aug. 2...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
21 Aug 1860
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 353(8)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 353(8)
Title:
Interior of the North [Taku] Fort, taken immediately after its capture Aug 21st 1860. Photographer: Beato, Felice
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events View of the breach (seen in print 7) from inside the fort, with Chinese corpses littering the ramparts. See also print 9. This is Print 13 in the published catalogue of Beato's China views, and is there titled 'Interior of the Angle of North Fort immediately after its c...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
21 Aug 1860
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 353(9)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 353(9)
Title:
[Interior of the North [Taku] Fort, taken immediately after its capture Aug 21st 1860.] Photographer: Beato, Felice
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events A similar view to print 8, but taken from a different angle. Note that Beato has re-arranged the position of two of the Chinese dead in order that their faces are seen head-on. This is Print 14 in the published catalogue of Beato's China views, and is there titled 'Inte...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
21 Aug 1860
Extent:
1 item