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Chinese views, including panorama of the Imperial Winter Palace, Pekin, 1860-61
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FELICE BEATO
Chinese views, including panorama of the Imperial Winter Palace, Pekin, 1860-61
8 albumen prints and a 2-part albumen print panorama
2 prints (forming panorama) numbered in negatives; each with title and plate number label on mount
each approx. 9 7/8 x 12 1/8in. (25.7 x 30.6cm.) or reverse; panorama, 9 5/8 x 23½in. (24.7 x 59.6cm.) overall (9)
Chinese views, including panorama of the Imperial Winter Palace, Pekin, 1860-61
8 albumen prints and a 2-part albumen print panorama
2 prints (forming panorama) numbered in negatives; each with title and plate number label on mount
each approx. 9 7/8 x 12 1/8in. (25.7 x 30.6cm.) or reverse; panorama, 9 5/8 x 23½in. (24.7 x 59.6cm.) overall (9)
Provenance
As in lot 111.
Literature
D. Harris, Of Battle and Beauty: Felice Beato's Photographs of China, Berkeley, 1999, p.81, pl.36; p.82, pl.37; p.86, pl.41; p.91, pl.46; p.92, pl.47; p.102, pl.57; p.104, pl.59; p.112, pl.67; p.122, pl.77.
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