Rear of the North Taku Fort after its capture
Collection
Identifier
GA01-042
Copyright
© 2013 Dr Timothy Connor
Notes
University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: GA01-042. Photograph by Felice Beato. It 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. An annotation in pencil (67") has been added by the flag on the right of the photograph. The 67th (South Hampshire) Regiment of Foot was the regiment Atchison served in. See "Of Battle and Beauty - Felice Beato's Photographs of China" by David Harris (Santa Barbara Museum of Art, 1999) - Catalogue 19. See RH-s01.
Caption in album or on mount
Sea Front of the Upper North Taku Fort by which the Tartars retreated. Colors of the 67th fixed on the left Flag staff.
Caption on photograph
67"
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Location
Date
Tuesday 21 August 1860
Photographer
Dimensions
298mm x 220mm
Material
Paper
Media
Black and white photograph
