Fox Hall, Byculla [Bombay]. Photographer: Unknown, possibly Tandy and Co.
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View from the road, looking towards an elaborate wrought-iron gateway and fence towards the house beyond (largely hidden by garden vegetation). From an album of views recording properties in Bombay (Mumbai) owned by the Sassoon family. The illustration of the photographic studio of Tandy and Co ...
No. 25. The Siege in Peking. Fortified 'Ramp' back of the American Legation, leading to the American position on the city wall. Probably the hardest fighting of the siege took place on this section of the wall. At one time the American soldiers held the incline on the left and the Chinese soldiers the one on the right, and waged battle across the narrow space at the top, where each had built a barricade. Photographer: Killie, Charles A.
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Inscription: Copyright notice at bottom left of print. View looking along the wall towards the fortified ramp.