N/A. English: The capture of the Taku forts by Anglo-French troops, led by Lord Elgin and Baron Gros, was the decisive battle in a war that was but one episode in the long struggle by the Western nations to open China to trade. The Anglo-French soldiers stormed the forts on August 21, 1860, after an explosion destroyed the powder magazine of the Great North Fort; the Chinese defenders fought to the last man. Beato's photographs, made inside the fort, show the carnage with a brutal directness. Less than two months later he would take probably the only photographs ever made of the interior of th
N/A. English: The capture of the Taku forts by Anglo-French troops, led by Lord Elgin and Baron Gros, was the decisive battle in a war that was but one episode in the long struggle by the Western nations to open China to trade. The Anglo-French soldiers stormed the forts on August 21, 1860, after an explosion destroyed the powder magazine of the Great North Fort; the Chinese defenders fought to the last man. Beato's photographs, made inside the fort, show the carnage with a brutal directness. Less than two months later he would take probably the only photographs ever made of the interior of the summer palace north of Peking, before it was destroyed by fire, by order of Lord Elgin. : 1860821 . 1860. Felice Beato (1832–1909) Alternative names Felix Beato Description Italian photographer, journalist, war photographer and photojournalist 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, Austria-Hungary Florence, Italy Work period 19th century Authority control : Q318352 VIAF:95698883 ISNI:0000 0001 1798 1448 LCCN:n85044155 Oxford Dict.:41130 GND:118987186 WorldCat 65 After the Capture of the Taku Forts 1860
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