ID: 700008020 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700008020	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

[Rear of the North Fort After Its Capture, Showing the Retreat of the Chinese Army] (albumen print; Felice Beato (British, born Italy, 1832 - 1909) (British Pho...; August 21, 1860; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los A...; 2007.26.206.91)

Note: External view of a tiered fort, surrounded at its foot by wooden spikes. Visible in the foreground is an open, muddy field, strewn with casualties of battle.

Titles:

[Rear of the North Fort After Its Capture, Showing the Retreat of the Chinese Army] (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)

Rear of Taku North Fort Captured August 21st, 1860 (C,U,English,U,U)

India, China, etc. (C,U,GP,English,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

albumen print [300127121] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, photographs, <photographs by form>, positives (photographs), photographic prints, <photographic prints by process>)

photographic print [300127104]

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, photographs, <photographs by form>, positives (photographs))

Classifications:

photographs (preferred)

Creation Date: August 21, 1860

Creator Display:

Felice Beato (British, born Italy, 1832 - 1909) (British Photographer) [preferred,JPGM]

Beato, Felice (British photographer, ca. 1830-after 1904, of Italian origin) Qualifier: undetermined Extent: undetermined [500002985]

Locations:

Current: J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los Angeles county, California, United States) [500329598] J. Paul Getty Museum, J. Paul Getty Trust, Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 2007.26.206.91

Credit Line: Partial gift from the Wilson Centre for Photography

Other: Creation: Zhongguo [1000111] (Geographic)

Display Materials: Albumen silver print

	albumen process [300133274]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <image-making processes and techniques>, <photography and photographic processes and techniques>, photographic processes)

Dimensions: Image: 22.7 x 30 cm (8 15/16 x 11 13/16 in.); Mount: 37.3 x 44.8 cm (14 11/16 x 17 5/8 in.)

Cultures:

British (preferred)

General Subject:

architecture (preferred)

history and legend

Specific Subjects:

	fort [300006909]
	.....(Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>, fortifications (built environment)) (AAT)

	Second Opium War [901001460]
	.....((Opium Wars, European history, Named Events)) (ICON)

	deaths [300151836]
	.....(Activities Facet, Events (hierarchy name), events (activities), personal life events) (AAT)

	rear [300010287]
	.....(Physical Attributes Facet, Attributes and Properties (hierarchy name), <attributes and properties by specific type>, positional attributes, <positional attributes by portion of a whole>) (AAT)

Inscriptions: (Recto, mount) inscribed in black ink, at center below image: "Rear of TAKU NORTH FORT Captured August 21st 1860. / On the entry of our troops the surviving enemy tried after a while [sic] to escape by dropping over the / ramparts, crossing the ditches, and lines of stakes prepared to prevent our approach. Numbers were / shot by our musketry from the high Cavalier or by grape opened upon them as they struggled through / the mud. The enemy's loss was estimated at 2000; that of the British 203 killed and wounded. The / French about the same. [space] The whole of the Forts were surrounded on the capture of the first."

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media

............... India, China, etc.

Sources and Contributors:
[Rear of the North Fort After Its Capture, Showing the Retreat of the Chinese Army]	........ [JPGM,VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
Rear of Taku North Fort Captured August 21st, 1860	........ [VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-)
India, China, etc.	........ [JPGM,VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)

Subject: ....... [JPGM,VP]

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-)