Nearly all of Beato's photographs depicted the massive scale of Western imperial power: its large guns, its fleets of ships, its large encampments, and the destruction inflicted on Chinese military defenses.
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by Felice Beato.
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“First Arrival of Chinese Expeditionary Force—Encampment, Kowloon, Hong Kong, March 18-27, 1860 (caption, Harris, p. 48).”
Felice Beato, photograph taken in China during the second Opium War, March 18–27, 1860
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“First Arrival of Chinese Expeditionary Force—Encampment, Kowloon, Hong Kong, March 18-27, 1860 (caption, Harris, p. 48).”
Felice Beato, photograph taken in China during the second Opium War, March 18–27, 1860
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