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Call Number:

PH-01008

Collection Name:

Felice Beato Photography Collection

Creator:

Beato, Felice (1820 - 1910)

No. of Items:

53 photographs

Span Dates:

1850s-1860s

Description:

The collection consists of 53 photographs by Felice Beato (Italian-British, 1832-1909). The photographs, which are all albumen prints, are views of buildings and villages, primarily in Lucknow, but also in Calcutta and Delhi, following the events of the Sepoy Rebellion, 1857-1858 (a.k.a., the Indian Mutiny). Also included are four views of the destruction of the Ta-ku Fort in north China, following the Anglo-French storming during the Arrow, or second Opium, War. Notable buildings pictured include: the Taj Mahal (Agra); the Shahnajaf Emambara (Lucknow); the Chhota Emambara, (a.k.a., the Hussainabad Imambara), the tomb of Mohammad Ali Shah (Lucknow); the Marble Palace in Fort Agra (a.k.a., the Red Fort) (Agra); and the Chattar Manzil palace (Lucknow). Select subject descriptions and item-level information follows.

964:0403:0001-0029 -- Views of buildings, some damaged, in Lucknow, 1858, shortly after the Indian Mutiny;
964:0409:0001-0015 -- Views of India;
964:0411:0001-0004 -- Views of Fort Ta-ku, North China, after storming by French and English troops in 1858;
964:0414:0001 -- Lucknow after the Indian Mutiny;
964:0866:0001 -- Taj Mahal, Agra;
964:0107:0019 -- Beato, Felice [and Henry Hering?]. "Encampment of the British Expeditionary Army Kowloon Bay showing the Island of Hong Kong & [town?] of Victoria, 1860," 1860. Albumen prints (panorama comprised of six prints joined together), 8.2 x 66.4 cm (panorama unfolded); 8.2 x 23.1 cm (panorama folded); 22.7 x 35.3 cm (mount);
964:0124:0001 -- Execution of the Servant Sokichi, 1865-1868. Hand-colored albumen print;
964:0124:0002 -- The Execution Ground, Kiso, Japan, circa 1867. Hand-colored albumen print.

Location(s):

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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Robertson & Beato Box (964:0399:0005; 964:0401:0001-0031; 964:0406:0001-0020; 964:0407:0001-0006; 964:0408:0001-0012; 964:0409:0015)
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Unid. Gernsheim Box 7 (964:0107:0019)
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Unid. Gernsheim Box 10 (964:0124:0001-0002)
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Item(s):

964:0107:0019 -- Beato, Felice (1820 - 1910). Encampment of the British Expeditionary Army Kowloon Bay showing the Island of Hong Kong & [town?] of Victoria, 1860, 1860. Albumen prints (panorama comprised of six prints joined together), 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).

964:0124:0001 -- Beato, Felice (1820 - 1910). Execution of the Servant Sokichi, 1865-1868. Albumen print with applied color, .

964:0124:0002 -- Beato, Felice (1820 - 1910). Hanging Man, the Execution Ground, Kiso, Japan, circa 1867. Albumen print with applied color, .

964:0403:0001 -- Beato, Felice (1820 - 1910). [Entrance to the Great Imambara...]., 1858. Albumen print, 34.4 x 39.3 cm ; 13 1/2 x 15 1/2 in .

964:0403:0002 -- Beato, Felice (1820 - 1910). [The "Husainabad Imambara" "Masjid" or Mosque...]., 1858. Albumen print, 32.7 x 40 cm ; 12 9/10 x 15 7/10 in .

964:0403:0003 -- Beato, Felice (1820 - 1910). [The "Husainabad Imambara" "Masjid" or Tomb of the King Mohammed Ali Shah]., 1858. Albumen print, 33.5 x 39.6 cm ; 13 1/5 x 15 3/5 in .

964:0403:0004 -- Beato, Felice (1820 - 1910). [The "[Lucknow?] Gate or the inner gateway of the "Kaiser Bagh"...]., 1858. Albumen print, 33.4 x 39.5 cm ; 13 1/10 x 15 3/5 in .

964:0403:0005 -- Beato, Felice (1820 - 1910). [The "Mermaid Gate or the outer gateway of the Kaiser Bagh--...]., 1858. Albumen print, 33.1 x 39.5 cm ; 13 x 15 3/5 in .

964:0403:0006 -- Beato, Felice (1820 - 1910). [Interior of the "Kaisar Bagh" showing one of the [?] Palaces destroyed by fire]., 1858. Albumen print, 33.9 x 39.9 cm ; 13 3/10 x 15 7/10 in .

964:0403:0007 -- Beato, Felice (1820 - 1910). [Interior of the "Kaisar Bagh"...]., 1858. Albumen print, 36.5 x 44.3 cm ; 14 2/5 x 17 2/5 in .

964:0403:0008 -- Beato, Felice (1820 - 1910). [The "Kaiser Bagh" Palace now "the City Magestrate's" Court, "The[?] Office" & "Police Office"...]., 1858. Albumen print, 37 x 43.9 cm ; 14 3/5 x 17 3/10 in (arched top).

964:0403:0009 -- Beato, Felice (1820 - 1910). [The "[Ihere?]" [Durwasa?] -- or the Neill Gateway."., 1858. Albumen print, 34.6 x 39.2 cm ; 13 3/5 x 15 2/5 in .

964:0403:0010 -- Beato, Felice (1820 - 1910). [Interior of the "Secunderbagh"...]., 1858. Albumen print, 33 x 39.8 cm ; 13 x 15 7/10 in .

964:0403:0011 -- Beato, Felice (1820 - 1910). [Panoramic view of the river Goomtie [sic] No.2]., 1858. Albumen print, 34.2 x 40.1 cm ; 13 1/2 x 15 4/5 in .

964:0403:0012 -- Beato, Felice (1820 - 1910). [Panoramic view (No. 3) of the Goomtie [sic].]., 1858. Albumen print, 32.6 x 39.2 cm ; 12 4/5 x 15 2/5 in .

964:0403:0013 -- Beato, Felice (1820 - 1910). [The "[?]" Tombs]., 1858. Albumen print, 32.1 x 39.3 cm ; 12 3/5 x 15 1/2 in .

964:0403:0014 -- Beato, Felice (1820 - 1910). [View of the Roomi [Durwaja?] as gateway-- and new fortifications]., 1858. Albumen print, 32.5 x 39.6 cm ; 12 4/5 x 15 3/5 in .

964:0403:0015 -- Beato, Felice (1820 - 1910). [Monument erected in memory of Sir [Monich?] Stewart Jackson & others murdered in November 1857]., 1858. Albumen print, 32.8 x 38.2 cm ; 12 9/10 x 15 in .

964:0403:0016 -- Beato, Felice (1820 - 1910). [The "Martiniere College" with Column]., 1858. Albumen print, 33.6 x 39.6 cm ; 13 1/5 x 15 3/5 in .

964:0403:0017 -- Beato, Felice (1820 - 1910). [The Old Stone Bridge over the Goomtie...]., 1858. Albumen print, 28.7 x 39.4 cm ; 11 3/10 x 15 1/2 in .

964:0403:0018 -- Beato, Felice (1820 - 1910). [Tombs and monuments in the Residency Churchyard]., 1858. Albumen print, 28.1 x 34.5 cm ; 11 1/10 x 13 3/5 in .

964:0403:0019 -- Beato, Felice (1820 - 1910). [The Residency], 1858. Albumen print, 33.8 x 39.8 cm ; 13 3/10 x 15 7/10 in .

964:0403:0020 -- Beato, Felice (1820 - 1910). [The Baillie Guardgate or entrance to the Residency]., 1858. Albumen print, 26.9 x 29.7 cm ; 10 3/5 x 11 7/10 in .

964:0403:0021 -- Beato, Felice (1820 - 1910). The tomb of King [Iandul?] Allie Khan, 1858. Albumen print, 34.3 x 40.5 cm ; 13 1/2 x 15 9/10 in .

964:0403:0022 -- Beato, Felice (1820 - 1910). [The "[Dilkhoohah]" Palace., 1858. Albumen print, 34.3 x 39.5 cm ; 13 1/2 x 15 3/5 in .

964:0403:0023 -- Beato, Felice (1820 - 1910). [The Chut[--] M[--]zil Palace]., 1858. Albumen print, 34.5 x 40 cm ; 13 3/5 x 15 7/10 in .

964:0403:0024 -- Beato, Felice (1820 - 1910). [The Chut[--] M[--]zil Palace (River Frontage)]., 1858. Albumen print, 34.7 x 39.9 cm ; 13 7/10 x 15 7/10 in .

964:0403:0025 -- Beato, Felice (1820 - 1910). [Portion of the Chut[--] M[--]zil occupied by Mr. Frase's Court]., 1858. Albumen print, 33.3 x 40 cm ; 13 1/10 x 15 7/10 in .

964:0403:0026 -- Beato, Felice (1820 - 1910). [The Mosque of the Great [----]bara]., 1858. Albumen print, 39 x 44.1 cm ; 15 2/5 x 17 2/5 in .

964:0403:0027 -- Beato, Felice (1820 - 1910). [View of an Indian town taken during the Mutiny]., 1857. Albumen print, 15.3 x 18.6 cm ; 6 x 7 3/10 in .

964:0403:0028 -- Beato, Felice (1820 - 1910). [Ruins of a palace in Lucknow], 1857 or 1858. Albumen print, 35.6 x 27.7 cm ; 14 x 10 9/10 in .

964:0403:0029 -- Beato, Felice (1820 - 1910). [Palace in Lucknow]., 1857 or 1858. Albumen print, 27.8 x 35.7 cm ; 10 9/10 x 14 1/10 in .

964:0409:0001 -- Beato, Felice (1820 - 1910). Assault of the Secundrebagh [sic, Sikander Bagh] at the Relief of Lucknow, Sir Colin Campbell and Staff, ca. 1857-1858. Albumen print, 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 .

964:0409:0002 -- Beato, Felice (1820 - 1910). [Village of Khali, near Calcutta], ca. 1857-1858. Albumen print, 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 .

964:0409:0003 -- Beato, Felice (1820 - 1910). [Chinese Temple, Calcutta], ca. 1857-1858. Albumen print, 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 .

964:0409:0004 -- Beato, Felice (1820 - 1910). [Street behind the Palace of the Governor General, Calcutta], ca. 1857-1858. Albumen print, 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 .

964:0409:0005 -- Beato, Felice (1820 - 1910). [Gateway of the Residency, Lucknow], ca. 1857-1858. Albumen print, 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 .

964:0409:0006 -- Beato, Felice (1820 - 1910). [The place in which General Neil was killed in the China Bazaar, Lucknow], ca. 1857-1858. Albumen print, 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 .

964:0409:0007 -- Beato, Felice (1820 - 1910). Chattee Munyil [sic, Chattar Manzil] Palace, Lucknow, with Boat in the Shape of a Fish, ca. 1857-1858. Albumen print, 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 .

964:0409:0008 -- Beato, Felice (1820 - 1910). [Marble Palace in the Fort of Agra, Bengal], ca. 1857-1858. Albumen print, 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 .

964:0409:0009 -- Beato, Felice (1820 - 1910). Tomb of Mohamed Allie Khan [sic, Mohammad Ali Shah] in the [Chhota] Emambara, Lucknow, ca. 1857-1858. Albumen print, 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 .

964:0409:0010 -- Beato, Felice (1820 - 1910). The Shah Kajeiff [sic, Shahnajaf] - Lucknow, Bengal, ca. 1857-1858. Albumen print, 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 .

964:0409:0011 -- Beato, Felice (1820 - 1910). [Hindo Raia’s house, Delhi], ca. 1857-1858. Albumen print, 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 .

964:0409:0012 -- Beato, Felice (1820 - 1910). [Sammy house, and Showing the Bones of Sepoys killed in Action, Delhi], ca. 1857-1858. Albumen print, 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 .

964:0409:0013 -- Beato, Felice (1820 - 1910). [Metcalfe House, Delhi], ca. 1857-1858. Albumen print, 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 .

964:0409:0014 -- Beato, Felice (1820 - 1910). [Cashmere Gate, Delhi], ca. 1857-1858. Albumen print, 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 .

964:0409:0015 -- Beato, Felice (1820 - 1910). Palace of the Governor General, Calcutta, circa 1857-1858. Salted paper print, 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 .

964:0411:0001 -- Beato, Felice (1820 - 1910). [Interior of North Taku Fort], 1858. Albumen print, 22.5 x 29 cm ; 8 9/10 x 11 2/5 in .

964:0411:0002 -- Beato, Felice (1820 - 1910). [Exterior of Nt. Taku Fort], 1858. Albumen print, 23 x 29.4 cm ; 9 1/10 x 11 3/5 in .

964:0411:0003 -- Beato, Felice (1820 - 1910). [Interior of Nt. Taku Fort], 1858. Albumen print, 24.7 x 29.8 cm ; 9 7/10 x 11 7/10 in .

964:0411:0004 -- Beato, Felice (1820 - 1910). [Interior of Nt. Taku Fort], 1858. Albumen print, 22.5 x 29 cm ; 8 9/10 x 11 2/5 in .

964:0414:0001 -- Beato, Felice (1820 - 1910). Lucknow after [the] Indian Mutiny, 1858. Albumen print, image: 6.6 x 7.5 cm ; 2 3/5 x 3 in ; mount: 8.3 x 10.5 cm ; 3 3/10 x 4 1/10 in .

964:0866:0001 -- Beato, Felice (1820 - 1910). [Taj Mahal, Agra], 1857 or 1858. Albumen print, 31.5 x 35.6 cm ; 12 2/5 x 14 in .

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

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