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Call Number:

PH-01008

Collection Name:

Felice Beato Photography Collection

Creator:

Beato, Felice, 1832 - 1909, active 1854 - 1885

No. of Items:

27 items

Span Dates:

1850s-1860s

Description:

The collection consists of 27 photographs by or attributed to Felice Beato (Italian-British, 1832–1909): 26 albumen prints and 1 salted paper print. The photographs depict a range of architectural subjects, some set within broader landscape settings, primarily in Lucknow, with additional views in Kolkata and Delhi documenting the aftermath of the Indian Rebellion of 1857–1858.


Also included are four views of the destruction of the Ta-ku (Dagu) Forts in North China following the Anglo-French storming during the Second Opium War (1856–1860); one panoramic view of a military camp in Hong Kong; and two hand-colored photographs depicting execution sites in Kiso, Japan.


Notable buildings pictured include the Taj Mahal (Agra); the Sikander Bagh (Lucknow); the Shah Najaf Imambara (Lucknow); the Chhota Imambara, also known as the Hussainabad Imambara (Lucknow); the Chattar Manzil palace (Lucknow); the Tombs of Saadat Ali Khan and Khursheed Zadi (Lucknow); the Khas Mahal palace at Agra Fort (Agra); the Tomb of I'timad-ud-Daulah (Agra); the Metcalfe House (Delhi); and the Hindu Rao’s House (Delhi).


The photographs are part of the Gernsheim Collection, acquired in 1963.


 

Accession No(s):

964:0107:0019; 964:0124:0001-0002; 964:0403:0001-0029; 964:0409:0001-0015; 964:0411:0001-0004; 964:0866:0001; 964:0414:0001

Location(s):

Special permission required Robertson & Beato Box 4 (Folded Panoramas)
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Special permission required Robertson & Beato Box 5 (964:0401:0023-0024; 964:0407:0002-0006; 964:0408:0001-0006; 964:0409:0015)
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Beato, F., Box 1 (964:0409:0001-0014; 964:0411:0001-0004; 964:0414:0001; 964:0866:0001)
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Beato, F., Box 2 (964:0403:0001-0018)
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Beato, F., Box 3 (964:0403:0019-0029)
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Unid. Gernsheim Box 10 (964:0124:0001-0002)
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Item(s):
Artist/Maker Beato, Felice, 1832 - 1909, active 1854 - 1885
Title 1st Arrival of Chinese Expeditionary Force—Encampment, Kowloon, Hong Kong, March 1860
Date 18–27 March 1860
Medium Three albumen prints from six wet collodion glass-plate negatives, joined to form a panoramic view.
Dimensions mount: 22.7 x 35.3 cm; 8 9/10 x 13 9/10 in; panorama: 8.2 x 23.1 cm; 3 1/5 x 9 1/10 in (folded); panorama: 8.2 x 66.4 cm; 3 1/5 x 26 1/10 in (open)
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0107:0019
Artist/Maker Beato, Felice, 1832 - 1909, active 1854 - 1885
Title Execution of the Servant Sokichi
Date ca. 1867
Medium Albumen print, hand-colored, mounted on card
Dimensions image: 23.9 x 18.8 cm; 9 2/5 x 7 2/5 in; mount: 27.3 x 24.1 cm; 10 7/10 x 9 1/2 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
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Number		 964:0124:0001
Artist/Maker Beato, Felice, 1832 - 1909, active 1854 - 1885
Title Hanging Man, the Execution Ground, Kiso, Japan
Date ca. 1867
Medium Albumen print, hand-colored, mounted on card
Dimensions image: 18.9 x 23.9 cm; 7 2/5 x 9 2/5 in; mount: 23.3 x 29.2 cm; 9 1/5 x 11 1/2 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0124:0002
Artist/Maker Beato, Felice, 1832 - 1909, active 1854 - 1885
Title [Tombs of Saadat Ali Khan and Khursheed Zadi, Lucknow]
Date ca. 1858
Medium Albumen print, mounted on card
Dimensions image: 15.3 x 18.6 cm; 6 x 7 3/10 in; mount: 19.6 x 20.3 cm; 7 7/10 x 8 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0403:0027
Artist/Maker Beato, Felice, 1832 - 1909, active 1854 - 1885
Title [Ruined domed structure, Jaunpur?]
Date ca. 1858
Medium Albumen print, mounted on card
Dimensions image: 35.6 x 27.9 cm; 14 x 11 in; mount: 19.6 x 20.3 cm; 7 7/10 x 8 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0403:0028
Artist/Maker Beato, Felice, 1832 - 1909, active 1854 - 1885
Title [Tomb of I'timad-ud-Daulah, Agra]
Date ca. 1858
Medium Albumen print, mounted on card
Dimensions image: 27.9 x 35.6 cm; 11 x 14 in; mount: 36.4 x 44.1 cm; 14 3/10 x 17 2/5 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0403:0029
Artist/Maker Beato, Felice, 1832 - 1909, active 1854 - 1885
Title [Photograph of a Painting by Henry Hope Crealock Depicting Sir Colin Campbell at the Relief of Lucknow]
Date 1858
Medium Albumen print, mounted on card
Dimensions image: 20.6 x 28.7 cm; 8 1/10 x 11 3/10 in; mount: 29.5 x 35.7 cm; 11 3/5 x 14 1/10 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0409:0001
Artist/Maker Beato, Felice, 1832 - 1909, active 1854 - 1885
Title [View of a village near Calcutta]
Date ca. 1858
Medium Albumen print, mounted on card
Dimensions image: 20.6 x 26.3 cm; 8 1/10 x 10 2/5 in; mount: 29.5 x 35.7 cm; 11 3/5 x 14 1/10 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0409:0002
Artist/Maker Beato, Felice, 1832 - 1909, active 1854 - 1885
Title [Burmese Pavilion, Eden Gardens, Calcutta]
Date ca. 1858
Medium Albumen print, mounted on card
Dimensions image: 19 x 25.6 cm; 7 1/2 x 10 1/10 in; mount: 30.2 x 35.7 cm; 11 9/10 x 14 1/10 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0409:0003
Artist/Maker Beato, Felice, 1832 - 1909, active 1854 - 1885
Title [Street behind the Palace of the Governor-General, Calcutta]
Date ca. 1858
Medium Albumen print, mounted on card
Dimensions image: 19 x 25.9 cm; 7 1/2 x 10 1/5 in; mount: 30.2 x 35.7 cm; 11 9/10 x 14 1/10 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0409:0004
Artist/Maker Beato, Felice, 1832 - 1909, active 1854 - 1885
Title Gateway leading into the Residency held by Capt. Aitken, 13th N.L., commonly Bailee Guard-gate
Date 1858
Medium Albumen print, mounted on card
Dimensions image: 24.1 x 30.4 cm; 9 1/2 x 12 in; mount: 29 x 35.6 cm; 11 2/5 x 14 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0409:0005
Artist/Maker Beato, Felice, 1832 - 1909, active 1854 - 1885
Title The place in which General Neil was killed in the Bazaar
Date 1858
Medium Albumen print, mounted on card
Dimensions image: 23.1 x 29.5 cm; 9 1/10 x 11 3/5 in; mount: 29 x 35.6 cm; 11 2/5 x 14 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0409:0006
Artist/Maker Beato, Felice, 1832 - 1909, active 1854 - 1885
Title Chutter Manzil Palace, with the King’s Boat in the Shape of a Fish
Date 1858
Medium Albumen print, mounted on card
Dimensions image: 23.4 x 30.2 cm; 9 1/5 x 11 9/10 in; mount: 30.2 x 35.7 cm; 11 9/10 x 14 1/10 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0409:0007
Artist/Maker Beato, Felice, 1832 - 1909, active 1854 - 1885
Title Marble Palace in the Fort, Agra
Date 1859
Medium Albumen print, mounted on card
Dimensions image: 25 x 29.9 cm; 9 4/5 x 11 4/5 in; mount: 30.2 x 35.7 cm; 11 9/10 x 14 1/10 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0409:0008
Artist/Maker Beato, Felice, 1832 - 1909, active 1854 - 1885
Title The Hosainabad Emambara, and Tomb of Mahomed-Allir-Khan
Date 1858
Medium Albumen print, mounted on card
Dimensions image: 21.3 x 28.5 cm; 8 2/5 x 11 1/5 in; mount: 30 x 35.7 cm; 11 4/5 x 14 1/10 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0409:0009
Artist/Maker Beato, Felice, 1832 - 1909, active 1854 - 1885
Title The Shah Mujjuf
Date 1858
Medium Albumen print, mounted on card
Dimensions image: 24.7 x 29.9 cm; 9 7/10 x 11 4/5 in; mount: 30 x 35.7 cm; 11 4/5 x 14 1/10 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0409:0010
Artist/Maker Beato, Felice, 1832 - 1909, active 1854 - 1885
Title Hindoo Nao's House
Date 1858–1859
Medium Albumen print, mounted on card
Dimensions image: 23.1 x 29.6 cm; 9 1/10 x 11 7/10 in; mount: 29.1 x 35.7 cm; 11 1/2 x 14 1/10 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0409:0011
Artist/Maker Beato, Felice, 1832 - 1909, active 1854 - 1885
Title Sammy House, Showing the Dead Bodies of Sepoys Killed in Action
Date 1858–1859
Medium Albumen print, mounted on card
Dimensions image: 19.7 x 28.8 cm; 7 4/5 x 11 3/10 in; mount: 29.1 x 35.7 cm; 11 1/2 x 14 1/10 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0409:0012
Artist/Maker Beato, Felice, 1832 - 1909, active 1854 - 1885
Title Metcalfe House
Date 1858–1859
Medium Albumen print, mounted on card
Dimensions image: 25.3 x 31.5 cm; 10 x 12 2/5 in; mount: 29.3 x 35.6 cm; 11 1/2 x 14 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0409:0013
Artist/Maker Beato, Felice, 1832 - 1909, active 1854 - 1885
Title Cashmere Gate, Front View
Date 1858–1859
Medium Albumen print, mounted on card
Dimensions image: 25.1 x 31.2 cm; 9 9/10 x 12 3/10 in; mount: 29.3 x 35.6 cm; 11 1/2 x 14 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0409:0014
Artist/Maker Beato, Felice, 1832 - 1909, active 1854 - 1885
Title [Palace of the Governor General, Calcutta]
Date ca. 1858
Medium Salted paper print, mounted on card
Dimensions image: 18.5 x 25.8 cm; 7 3/10 x 10 1/5 in; mount: 29.8 x 35.7 cm; 11 7/10 x 14 1/10 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0409:0015
Artist/Maker Beato, Felice, 1832 - 1909, active 1854 - 1885
Title Interior of North Fort, Showing the Chinese Encampment, August 21st, 1860
Date 21 August 1860
Medium Albumen print, mounted on board
Dimensions image: 22.5 x 29.1 cm; 8 9/10 x 11 1/2 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0411:0001
Artist/Maker Beato, Felice, 1832 - 1909, active 1854 - 1885
Title Rear of the North Fort After Its Capture, Showing the Retreat of the Chinese Army, August 21, 1860
Date 21 August 1860
Medium Albumen print, mounted on board
Dimensions image: 23 x 29.4 cm; 9 1/10 x 11 3/5 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0411:0002
Artist/Maker Beato, Felice, 1832 - 1909, active 1854 - 1885
Title Interior of the Angle of North Fort on August 21st, 1860
Date 21 August 1860
Medium Albumen print, mounted on board
Dimensions image: 24.7 x 29.8 cm; 9 7/10 x 11 7/10 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0411:0003
Artist/Maker Beato, Felice, 1832 - 1909, active 1854 - 1885
Title Interior of the English Entrance to North Fort on 21st August, 1860
Date 21 August 1860
Medium Albumen print, mounted on board
Dimensions image: 22.5 x 29 cm; 8 9/10 x 11 2/5 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0411:0004
Artist/Maker Beato, Felice, 1832 - 1909, active 1854 - 1885
Title Interior of the Secundra Bagh after the Slaughter of 2,000 Rebels by the 93rd Highlanders and 4th Punjab Regt. First Attack of Sir Colin Campbell in November, 1857
Date after 1858
Medium Albumen print (copy print), mounted on card
Dimensions image: 6.3 x 7.2 cm; 2 1/2 x 2 4/5 in; mount: 8.2 x 10.4 cm; 3 1/5 x 4 1/10 in; sheet: 6.5 x 7.4 cm; 2 3/5 x 2 9/10 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0414:0001
Artist/Maker Beato, Felice, 1832 - 1909, active 1854 - 1885
Title [Taj Mahal, Agra]
Date ca. 1858
Medium Albumen print, mounted on card
Dimensions image: 27.5 x 35.6 cm; 10 4/5 x 14 in; mount: 36.4 x 44.7 cm; 14 3/10 x 17 3/5 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0866:0001

See Also:

Photographic Views. Crimea, India &c. &c. [Dew Album]: Twenty additional prints by Beato are location in the album Photographic Views. Crimea, India &c. &c. [Dew Album] (PH-00873),

Robertson & Beato Photography Collection