[After the Capture of the Taku Forts]
Felice Beato
1860
![[After the Capture of the Taku Forts] by Felice Beato](https://images.artheonmuseum.org/met/ph/thumb/after-the-capture-of-the-taku-forts-283169.webp)
Medium
Albumen silver print from glass negative
Dimensions
Image: 26 x 29.9 cm (10 1/4 x 11 3/4 in.) Mount: 29.3 x 32.5 cm (11 9/16 x 12 13/16 in.)
Classification
Photographs
Department
Photographs
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gilman Collection, Museum Purchase, 2005
Accession Number
2005.100.72
Tags
FortificationWarsCorpsesDeath
About the Artist
Felice Beato
Felice Beato (c. 1832–1909), an Italian-born photographer who became a British subject through his family's residence on the British protectorate island of Corfu, emerged as one of the pioneering figures in war and travel photography. Born in Venice or Corfu to a Venetian noble family with roots in Corfu, Beato's early life remains somewhat obscure, but he acquired his first photographic lens in P...