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Panorama of Peking, Taken from the South Gate, Leading into the Chinese City (2007.26.198.31)

Date

negative October 1860; print 1862

Medium

Albumen silver print

Culture

British

Department

Photographs

Institution

Getty Museum

Taken during the Second Opium War, this 180- degree panorama of Peking (present-day Beijing) seems both to witness and to celebrate the takeover of the Chinese capital by British and French troops. The view is centered on the Da Qing Gate, a passage leading to the Imperial City. The monument to its left is the west wing of the Wu (Meridian) Gate, the main entrance to the Forbidden City.

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