Of Battle and Beauty
Subtitle: Felice Beato's Photographs of China
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: California Academy of Sciences
Published: January 2, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 185
ISBN-13: 9780899511016
Subjects: Asian / Middle Eastern history: c 1500 to c 1900; Asian studies; Photographs: collections; c 1800 to c 1900; Individual Photographer; Foreign intervention, 1857-1861; Photography; Subjects & Themes - Travel - World/Asia; Photo Essays; China; Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions; Photoessays & Documentaries; Art / General; b. ca. 1825; Beato, Felice,; Great Britain; History; War photography
Description: "The images in 'Of battle and beauty, Felice Beato's photographs of China', taken in 1860 during the Second Opium War when the photographer accompanied Anglo-French forces into China, are among the earliest known and the first taken during an actual military campaign." -- Foreword.