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Of Battle and Beauty

by David R. Harris

China, history, pictorial worksGreat britain, armyWar photographyChina, history, 19th centuryForeign intervention, 1857-1861PhotographyGreat BritainGreat Britain. Army

"The images in 'Of battle and beauty, Felice Beato's photographs of China', taken in 1860 during the Second Opium War when the photographer accompanied Anglo-French forces into China, are among the earliest known and the first taken during an actual military campaign." -- Foreword.

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