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           FELICE BEATO (FELIX BEATO) (1832-1909), PHOTOGRAPHER,   Provenance
           TINGQUA (ATTR.) (1809-1870), PAINTER              Sotheby’s, London, Chinese Works of Art, October 30, 1987
           Portrait of Prince Kung (1860)
           Photographic print and gouache; framed and glazed.   來源
           5 7/8 x 4 3/4in (15 x 12cm)                       倫敦蘇富比，1987年10月30日

           US$15,000 - 25,000

           Felice Beato攝影  庭呱加繪  恭親王肖像照
           This gouache on print was based upon a photograph taken by Felice
           (Felix) Beato, an Italian photographer who was one of the first of his
           profession to enter China and to document the Second Opium War.
           He visited Beijing in October and November of 1860, where he took
           photos of Lord Elgin and of Prince Kung, who signed the piece treaty
           on behalf of the Xianfeng Emperor ending the Second Opium War.


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