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Album of photographs taken in the time when British and French forces invaded China during the Second Opium War. Cosists of 21 sheets of original print photographs. Contains of photographs of Peking and Taku (大沽) Forts just after the battle. That fort was one of the main battlefields which located in the mouth of Peihe River (白河) in Peitang (北塘, now Tianjin) . In addition, this album includes photos of Hongkong, Canton and its surrounding areas where the photographer Beato visited on the way from India to the battlefield in the Northern China. Each photograph is pasted on fabric mounts. Five of all are panoramic views consisting of several sheets of photographs. |
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