ABSTRACT
Part of the prestigious academic book series Documenting the Image, this is a fascinating survey illustrated by extremely rare photographs of the burned architectural and landscape complex known as the Rape of the Summer Palace.In 1860, Western armies brought ruin to the treasured seat of the Qing emperors near Beijing. One hundred and fifty images
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |2 pages
I Photography, Beijing and European Palaces
part |2 pages
PART II: PHOTOGRAPHERS OF THE EUROPEAN PALACES
