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[Panorama of Peking Taken from the South Gate, Leading into the Chinese City]
Creator
Felice BeatoPhotographer · 1832–1909
All works by this person →Felice Beato was the first photographer to devote himself entirely to photographing in Asia and the Near East. He photographed in Japan, India, Athens, Constantinople, the Crimea, and Palestine. He settled in Yokohama and from 1863 to 1877 made hundreds of ethnographic portraits and genre scenes in Japan. He eventually opened a furniture and curio business in Burma. Beato's photographic career was
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- October 1860
- Medium
- Albumen silver print
- Culture
- English
- Department
- Photographs
- Institution
- Getty Museum
- Object ID
- 65b9a530-ebf0-4b3b-ab16-b6e0b2b764ca
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A view overlooking the interior of the city. In the center is a paved road leading to the Daqing (or Zhonghua) Gate with three arches. To the immediate left is the Tianan Gate or Gate of Heavenly Peace, the entrance to the Imperial City. The road is bordered on three sides by long narrow buildings and a fence. Surrounding this area are densely packed houses.
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