'View of the Gardens & Buddhist Temple - Pekin'; 'The Anting gate or Gate of Peace', 1860
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FELICE BEATO
'View of the Gardens & Buddhist Temple - Pekin'; 'The Anting gate or Gate of Peace', 1860
Two albumen prints, 9 x 11¾ in. and 9.3/8 x 11.7/8 in., each mounted on card, titled in ink on mounts. (2)
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From the series of photographs made by Beato when he accompanied Lord Elgin's forces to China at the time of the Second Opium War.
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19TH CENTURY, TOPOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL PHOTOGRAPHS