Asian Art II - 16th May 2017
Lot 124
SEVEN CHINESE PHOTOGRAPHS C.1860 With examples by Felice Beato (1832-1909)
Estimate £200 - £300 | Hammer £1500
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Description
SEVEN CHINESE PHOTOGRAPHS
C.1860
With examples by Felice Beato (1832-1909), depicting various sites in China, including a mosque near 'Pekin' occupied by Lord Elgin, the interior of North Taku Fort after the battle, and an arch in the Lama Temple near 'Pekin', 31.5cm x 26cm. (7)
Felice Beato (1832-1909) was an Italian-British photographer and one of the first people to take photographs in East Asia and also one of the first war photographers. His work represents the first substantial oeuvre of photojournalism; his photographs of the Second Opium War are the earliest to document a military campaign as it unfolded.