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Monday, June 11, 2012

Felix Beato's photographs of the 1871 US-Korea War by Terry Bennett

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Corean officials on board the USS Colorado to negotiate with the Americans
Felix Beato Studio
Photographs of the 1871 US-Korea War are exceptionally rare.This print is in good condition.
Medium: Albumen print
Ref: 1871#5
Mount: Unmounted
Year: 1871
Dimensions: 225 x 188mm



The Flag of the Commander-in-Chief of the Corean forces captured in Fort McKee by two marines under Captain Tilton.
Felix Beato Studio
Photographs of the 1871 US-Korea War are exceptionally rare. This print is in excellent condition. In this photograph, taken on board the USS Colorado, Corporal Brown (left) and Private Purvis (middle), US Marine Corp, pose with their commanding officer, Captain Tilton, and the Korean flag they captured. Brown and Purvis were awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor. An iconic image.
Medium: Albumen print
Ref: 1871#7
Mount: Unmounted
Year: 1871
Dimensions: 254 x 230mm






K1871#8: Felix Beato - A Corean official bearing the 2nd despatch on board the Colorado

Felix Beato's photographs of the 1871 US-Korea War are exceptionally rare. This print is in very good condition.
Photographer: N/A
Medium: Albumen print

Dimensions: 257 x 193mm
Year: 1871



K1871#9: Felix Beato - Group of Captives on board the USS Colorado

Felix Beato's photographs of the 1871 US-Korea War are exceptionally rare. This print is in very good condition.
Photographer: N/A
Medium: Albumen print

Dimensions: 205 x 245mm
Year: 1871



K1871#1: Felix Beato - USS Monocacy & USS Palos covering the army on their advance to Marine Redoubt

K1871#10: Felix Beato - Interior of Fort McKee

Felix Beato's photographs of the 1871 US-Korea War are exceptionally rare. This print is in excellent condition. This iconic photograph shows Lt. Hugh McKee (in white hat) who was killed the following day. Note the dead Korean soldier in the centre of the picture.
Photographer: N/A






Felix Beato's photographs of the 1871 US-Korea War are exceptionally rare. This print is in excellent condition apart from a small loss of emulsion to the extreme bottom-left corner.
Photographer: N/A
Medium: Albumen print

Dimensions: 223 x 288mm
Year: 1871


K1871#12: Felix Beato - A Corean Camp near Marine Redoubt
Felix Beato's photographs of the 1871 US-Korea WAr are exceptionally rare. This print is in very good, clean condition.
Photographer: N/A
Medium: Albumen print

Dimensions: 219 x 290mm
Year: 1871
Medium: Albumen print
Dimensions: 226 x 282mm
Year: 1871



Natives of Korea - Photographer D.R.Clark
N/A
Despite the title, this is almost certainly a Korean community in Vladivostok. Of particular interest is the inclusion in the group of women and children. This may well be the first photograph to show Korean women.
Medium: Albumen print stereo
Ref: S-4-1
Dimensions: 88 x 177mm
Year: 1874



View of St. Michael's Mission Church, Chemulpo (Inchon)
N/A
This image was reproduced as part of an article in The Illustrated London News, 18 August 1894, p.205. St. Michael’s was an early Anglican church in Korea and was completed in 1892.
Medium: Albumen print
Ref: A-4-4
Dimensions: 198 x 246mm
Year: c.1894


Album of Photographs of the 1871 US-Korea War by Felix Beato
N/A
This album contains 33 photographs and bears the ownership inscription of Lieutenant George M. Totten, who participated in the expedition to Kanghwado and is listed among the participants as the commanding officer of Company ‘C’.
Medium: Albumen print
Ref: A-2
Dimensions: 210 x 270mm



Felix Beato - The Flag of the Commander-in-Chief of the Corean forces captured in Fort McKee by two marines under Captain Tilton.
A complete boxed set of 48 Korean stereoviews by Underwood & Underwood, photographed by Herbert Ponting in 1904. The views are in excellent, clean condition, some with printed explanatory text on the reverse. All contained in the original Underwood & Underwood box, with printed label 'Korea.' Ponting captures a peaceful Korea just before the havoc wreaked by the 1904/05 Russo-Japanese War, much of which was conducted on Korean soil. Complete sets of Korean stereos, especially in their original boxes are exceptionally rare.





K1871#2: Interior of Fort McKee

Felix Beato's photographs of the 1871 US-Korea War are exceptionally rare. This print is in excellent condition apart from a 2mm tear at the extreme bottom-right edge.
Price: $5000
Medium: Albumen print
Mount: N/A

Dimensions: 201 x 289mm
Year: 1871

Photographer: Unknown Studio



Felix Beato - United States Officers during 1871 US-Korea War
Unknown Studio
Felix Beato's photographs of the 1871 US-Korea War are exceptionally rare. This print is in excellent condition.
Medium: Albumen print
Ref: K1871#3
Mount: N/A
Year: 1871
Dimensions: 204 x 274mm








Felix Beato - Watch officers of USS Colorado
Unknown Studio
Felix Beato's photographs of the 1871 US-Korea War are exceptionally rare. This print is in excellent condition.
Medium: Albumen print


Ito Hirobumi
Unknown Studio
Vintage photograph by Herbert Ponting in very good condition. Ito Hirobumi (1841-1909) was one of the great Japanese statesmen of the Meiji era. He was the chief architect of Japan's first constitution and was prime minister four times. From 1906 to 1909 he was resident general of Korea and his policies paved the way for annexation in 1910. However, having resigned his post in 1909, he was assassinated that same year by the Korean nationalist, An Chung-Gun during a tour of Manchuria.
Medium: Silver print
Ref: PP-00013
Mount: N/A
Year: c. 1905
Dimensions: 100 x 83mm



The Last Shogun
Frederick Sutton Studio
very good condition; The Daily Japan Herald reported on May 16th, 1867: 'Captain Sutton of H.M. surveying ship "Serpent" had the honour of a sitting from the Tycoon, and has taken a capital likeness of him. It is small, for unfortunately the boat in which the larger lenses and some of the chemicals were, was upset, and they were lost.' This portrait was illustrated in Terry Bennett's 'Photography in Japan 1853-1912' p. 107. The career of Frederick Sutton is also covered pp. 106-109.
Medium: Albumen print carte de visite, tinted
Ref: 0020a
Mount: Original mount
Year: 1867
Dimensions: card size 105 x 62mm

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