As the military campaign drew to a close, Beato busied himself by photographing Beijing, taking portraits, and pasting prints of his battlefield scenes and panoramas into folios and albums. These volumes include the earliest photographs of the Yuanmingyuan, places along the invasion route like Canton and Beitang, and many images of temples, tombs, and pagodas, taken mostly in Beijing.
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by Felice Beato.
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“Panorama of Pekin, Taken from the South Gate Leading into the Chinese city, after October 24, 1860” (caption Harris, p. 54)
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“Panorama of Pekin, Taken from the South Gate Leading into the Chinese city, after October 24, 1860” (caption Harris, p. 54)
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