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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Photo 353 Language Not applicable Subject Taku Forts (Dagu)

1. 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
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Not applicable
Date Range:
21 Aug 1860
Extent:
1 item

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. Photo 353(10)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 353(10)
Title:
Interior of the North [Taku] Fort, showing the huts occupied by the garrison and the scene of the explosion of their chief magazine during the capture of the fort, August 21st 1860. Photographer: Beato, Felice
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events This is Print 19 in the published catalogue of Beato's China views, and is there titled 'Interior of North Fort, showing the Chinese Encampment, August 21st, 1860.' Subjects = forts; military (general); military campaigns Location = China; Dagu; Hebei
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
21 Aug 1860
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 353(11)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 353(11)
Title:
A view of the Great South Taku Fort, showing its defences towards the sea & the river and the scene of the unsuccessful attack by the flotilla of gunboats under the command of Admiral Hope in 1859. Photographer: Beato, Felice
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events Panoramic view composed of three joined prints, taken from the battlements of the South Taku Fort. On the right the view looks over a series of protective moats interspersed with deep lines of wooden stakes, with the Peiho River and the sea beyond. On the left is the in...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
25 Aug 1860
Extent:
1 item

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