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Auction: 20058 - Fu Xin Tang Collection - conducted behind closed doors
Lot: 2247

Photograph
China
1860s a large albumen print photo of the silk shop "Guanghe", Beijing, China, taken by Felice Beato. Rear, size; 26 x 30cm Note: Felice Beato is a photographer with dual nationalities of Britain and Italy , He was one of the first photographers to photograph East Asia. Beato arrived in Hong Kong in March 1860, and immediately began to photograph the city and neighboring areas, as far as Guangzhou, and then drove north to Dalian Bay accompanied by British and French troops , Beitang and Dagu Fort at the estuary of Haihe River, then went to Beijing.

Estimate
HK$50,000 to HK$60,000