ID: 700008075 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700008075	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Position Taken Up by the English and French with the Enclosure at the Temple of the Earth Preparing to Opening Fire on Pekin on 21st October 1860, Also Wall of Pekin and Antin Gate, (Gate of Peace,) Surrendered to the Allies on the Same Date (albumen print; Felice Beato (British, born Italy, 1832 - 1909) (British Pho...; October 21,1860; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los A...; 2007.26.209.32)

Titles:

Position Taken Up by the English and French with the Enclosure at the Temple of the Earth Preparing to Opening Fire on Pekin on 21st October 1860, Also Wall of Pekin and Antin Gate, (Gate of Peace,) Surrendered to the Allies on the Same Date (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)

Position Taken Up by the English and French with the Enclosure at the Temple of the Earth (C,U,DE,English,U,U)

Second Opium War (C,U,GP,English,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

albumen print [300127121] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, photographs, <photographs by form>, positives (photographs), photographic prints, <photographic prints by process>)

Classifications:

photographs (preferred)

Creation Date: October 21,1860

Creator Display:

Felice Beato (British, born Italy, 1832 - 1909) (British Photographer) [preferred,JPGM]

Beato, Felice (British photographer, ca. 1830-after 1904, of Italian origin) Qualifier: undetermined Extent: undetermined [500002985]

Locations:

Current: J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los Angeles county, California, United States) [500329598] J. Paul Getty Museum, J. Paul Getty Trust, Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 2007.26.209.32

Credit Line: Partial gift from the Wilson Centre for Photography

Other: Creation: Beijing [7001758] Beijing Shi (municipality), China (nation), Asia (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Display Materials: Albumen silver print

	albumen process [300133274]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <image-making processes and techniques>, <photography and photographic processes and techniques>, photographic processes)

Dimensions: Mount: 25.4 x 35.1 cm (10 x 13 13/16 in.); Left Image: 20.6 x 28.7 cm (8 1/8 x 11 5/16 in.); Right Image: 20.6 x 28.7 cm (8 1/8 x 11 5/16 in.)

Cultures:

British (preferred)

General Subject:

architecture (preferred)

history and legend

Specific Subjects:

	Temple of Earth [700002923]
	.....(Temple of Earth [700002923], Built Works by class: religious, ceremonial, and funerary structures [700009563], Built Works [700000001]) (CONA)

	Second Opium War [901001460]
	.....((Opium Wars, European history, Named Events)) (ICON)

Inscriptions: (Verso left image) inscribed in pencil, at lower center: "[decorative letter or numerals] / Position Taken up by the English & French with the enclosure at / the Temple of the Earth preparing to Opening Fire on Pekin / On 21st October 1860, Also Wall of Pekin and Antin Gate, (Gate of Peace,) surrendered to the Allies on the same date"

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media

............... Second Opium War

Sources and Contributors:
Position Taken Up by the English and French with the Enclosure at the Temple of the Earth Preparing to Opening Fire on Pekin on 21st October 1860, Also Wall of Pekin and Antin Gate, (Gate of Peace,) Surrendered to the Allies on the Same Date	........ [JPGM,VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
Position Taken Up by the English and French with the Enclosure at the Temple of the Earth	........ [VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-)
Second Opium War	........ [JPGM,VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)

Subject: ....... [JPGM,VP]