Rear of the North Taku Fort after its capture

Rear of the North Taku Fort after its capture

Identifier

RH-s01

Notes

University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: RH-s01. Royal Hampshire Regiment Museum reference: M3085. This photograph shows the south side of the inner (or upper) North Taku Fort, after its capture and before the dead bodies of Chinese soldiers were removed. See "Of Battle and Beauty - Felice Beato's Photographs of China" by David Harris (Santa Barbara Museum of Art, 1999) - Catalogue 19. See GA01-042 (another print).

Caption on photograph

Rear of the North fort after its capture showing the […] the Chinese Army 21st Augst 1860. / […] to Miss Day "Monckton" St Margarets Twickenham

Location

Tanggu

Date

Tuesday 21 August 1860

Photographer

Beato, Felice

Dimensions

262mm x 207mm

Material

Paper

Media

Black and white photograph

Repository

The Royal Hampshire Regiment Museum