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.

  • Beato, Felice, 1832-1909.
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1860/08/21
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569703i
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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. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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1860/08/21

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1 photograph : photoprint, albumen ; sheet 24.2 x 30.1 cm

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Rear of the North Fort after its capture, showing the retreat of the Chinese Army on 21st August 1860

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Wellcome Collection 569703i

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