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North Taku Fort (China), After the Capture
ca. 1860 (printed ca. 1880s)19th century
165 x 218 mm (6.5 x 8.6 in.)
Felice Beato, British, (ca. 1825–ca. 1908)
Object Type:
photograph
Medium and Support:
Albumen print
Marks:
Signed on mount, lower center: “203 North Taku Fort (China), After the Capture"; inscribed: “After attack by English forces—showing the good Chinamen—assisted by U.S. forces—‘Blood is Thicker than Water’”
Bibliography:
Ellen G. D’Oench, ed., with essays by Erica L. Frohman, Mary H. Goodrich, Karl E. Kusserow, and Laura R. Nierenberg, More Vivid Places: Victorian Photographs of Britain, the Middle East, and Orient [catalog for exhibition presented August 29 – October 25, 1984] (Middletown, CT: Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University, 1984), reproduced on p. 16.
Credit Line:
Purchase funds, 1984
Accession Number:
1984.21.2
Keywords
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This object has the following keywords:
- battles - Use for individual instances of armed conflict between two or more groups. [September 1993 related terms added. December 1992 scope note added. November 1990 descriptor added.]
- China - TGN 1000111
- forts - Related Term
- travel photography
Dimensions
- image Dimensions: 165 x 218 mm (6.5 x 8.6 in.)
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Credit Caption
Felice Beato, British, (ca. 1825–ca. 1908) . North Taku Fort (China), After the Capture, ca. 1860 (printed ca. 1880s). Albumen print. image : 165 x 218 mm (6.5 x 8.6 in.). DAC accession number 1984.21.2. Purchase funds, 1984.