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English: Interior of Fort Taku immediately after capture. albumen print height: 24.4 cm (9.6 in); width: 31.5 cm (12.4 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,24.4U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,31.5U174728
Deutsch: Zweiter Opiumkrieg, die Festung Taku nach der Einnahme durch britische und französische Truppen (21. August 1860)
Date Taken the morning of 21 August 1860, shortly after the fort was attacked and captured by Anglo-French forces in one of the key battles of the Second Opium War.
Source George Eastman House: Photography from 1839 to Today
Author
Felice Beato  (1832–1909)  wikidata:Q318352
 
Felice Beato
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Felix Beato
Description Italian photographer, journalist, war photographer, photojournalist, architectural photographer and artist
Date of birth/death 1832 (or perhaps as late as 1834) 29 January 1909 (or perhaps as early as 1907)
Location of birth/death Venice, Category:Austria-Hungary Florence, Italy
Work period 19th century
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Istanbul; Myanmar; Yokohama (1863–1877) Edit this at Wikidata
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current20:37, 18 October 2005Thumbnail for version as of 20:37, 18 October 2005504 × 392 (175 KB)PinkvillePartial view of the ruins of the Upper North Taku Fort, showing dead soldiers, Taku (now Dagu), near Tientsin (now Tianjin), China This photograph was taken by Felice Beato on the morning of 21 August 1860, shortly after the fort was attacked and cap

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