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  • Tianjin (Tientsin), China: interior ruins of the Chapel of the Sisters of Charity after the Tianjin Massacre. Photograph by John Thomson, 1871.
  • Tianjin (Tientsin), China: interior ruins of the Chapel of the Sisters of Charity after the Tianjin Massacre. Photograph by John Thomson, 1871.
  • Taku forts, near Tianjin, north-eastern China. Photograph by John Thomson, 1871.
  • Taku forts, near Tianjin, north-eastern China. Photograph by John Thomson, 1871.
  • Taku forts, near Tianjin, north-eastern China. Photograph by John Thomson, 1871.
  • Taku forts, near Tianjin, north-eastern China. Photograph by John Thomson, 1871.
  • Tianjin (Tientsin), China: exterior of Notre Dame des Victoires Cathedral. Photograph by John Thomson, 1871.
  • Tianjin (Tientsin), China: exterior of Notre Dame des Victoires Cathedral. Photograph by John Thomson, 1871.
  • Taku forts, near Tianjin, north-eastern China. Photograph, 1981, after a negative by John Thomson, 1871.
  • Taku forts, near Tianjin, north-eastern China. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1871.
  • An itinerant medicine vendor selling his wares with the aid of assistants and snakes to a captivated audience, Tianjin, China. Engraving by P. Lightfoot, 1858, after T. Allom.
  • An itinerant medicine vendor selling his wares with the aid of assistants and snakes to a captivated audience, Tianjin, China. Engraving by P. Lightfoot, 1858, after T. Allom.
  • Taku, China: the North Fort on the Peiho River during the Second China War. Photograph by Felice Beato, 1860.
  • Taku, China: the North Fort: Chinese corpses on the day of the fort's capture by the English and French armies during the Second China War. Photograph by Felice Beato, 1860.
  • Taku, China: the North Fort: Chinese corpses following the capture of the fort by the English and French armies on August 21st 1860, during the Second China War. Photograph by Felice Beato, 1860.
  • Taku, China: South Taku Fort encampment during the Second China War. Photograph by Felice Beato, 1859.
  • Taku, China: the North Fort bearing raised British and French flags; Chinese corpses in the foreground; on the day of the fort's capture by the English and French armies during the Second China War. Photograph by Felice Beato, 1860.
  • Taku, China: the North Fort on the day of capture from the Chinese by the English and French armies during the Second China War. Photograph by Felice Beato, 1860.
  • Taku, China: entrance to the North Fort on the Peiho River during the Second China War. Photograph by Felice Beato, 1860.
  • Interior view of the second North Fort of Taku
  • Qiongzhou (Haikou) Harbour, Hainan Island, China: a fort. Photograph by John Thomson, 1870.
  • Qiongzhou (Haikou) Harbour, Hainan Island, China: a fort. Photograph by John Thomson, 1870.