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Items shown here are antique photographs currently held in our stock.  If you are interested in buying any of the items displayed, please contact us, quoting the reference number of the item(s), and we’ll be happy to discuss your purchase with you.  Please select a category to browse, or search for a keyword, below, for example: samurai, Yokohama, Geisha, etc. or an Old Japan reference number.

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Felix Beato - Country Scene
Felix Beato Studio 

seems to be a slightly smaller contemporary copy print and therefore priced accordingly; good condition 

Medium: Albumen print

Ref: EB61

Mount: Original mount

Year: 1860s

Dimensions: 167 x 215mm

Price: $200

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Felix Beato - Temple at Kamakura
Felix Beato Studio 

slight discolouration in the sky, otherwise in very good condition 

Medium: Albumen print, tinted

Ref: EB68

Mount: Original mount

Year: c.1870

Dimensions: 237 x 285mm

Price: $750

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Felix Beato - Gateway at Shiba
Felix Beato Studio 

mint condition 

Medium: Albumen print

Ref: EB67

Mount: Unmounted

Year: 1860s

Dimensions: 224 x 290mm

Price: $1000

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Felix Beato - The Bronze Statue of Dai-Bouts [Kamakura]
Felix Beato Studio 

excellent condition; together with original printed letter-press caption 

Medium: Albumen print

Ref: EB65

Mount: Unmounted

Year: c.1867/8

Dimensions: 289 x 234mm

Price: $1250

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Felix Beato - House and Garden at Miyanoshita
Felix Beato Studio 

very good condition 

Medium: Albumen print, tinted

Ref: EB64

Mount: Original mount

Year: c.1870

Dimensions: 189 x 245mm

Price: $750

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Felix Beato - Country Scene
Felix Beato Studio 

some foxing in evidence 

Medium: Albumen print

Ref: EB40s

Mount: Modern archival mount

Year: 1860s

Dimensions: 213 x 290mm

Price: $250

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Felix Beato - The 'The-ha-thana' or Lion Throne, Mandalay Palace
Felix Beato Studio 

good condition; illustrated in Noel Singer's 'Burmah. A Photographic Journey, 1855-1925', Stirling: Kiscadale, 1993 (p.51). 

Medium: Albumen print

Ref: EB62

Mount: Original mount

Year: c.1890

Dimensions: 255 x 210mm

Price: $175

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Felix Beato - Nigishi
Felix Beato Studio 

faded with disolouration 

Medium: Albumen print, tinted

Ref: EBB58

Mount: Original mount

Year: 1860s

Dimensions: 207 x 285mm

Price: $75

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Felix Beato - Three Young Women
Felix Beato Studio 

slightly faded, otherwise good clean condition 

Medium: Albumen print, tinted

Ref: EB56

Mount: Original mount

Year: c.1870

Dimensions: 255 x 205mm

Price: $500

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Felix Beato - Group Playing Go
Felix Beato Studio 

slightly faded, otherwise good condition 

Medium: Albumen print, tinted

Ref: EB55

Mount: Original mount

Year: c.1870

Dimensions: 205 x 253mm

Price: $500

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Felix Beato - Start of Arima Road
Felix Beato Studio 

Classic Beato image in superb condition. 

Medium: Albumen print

Ref: EB09

Mount: Unmounted

Year: 1860s

Dimensions: 210 x 270mm

Price: $2500

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Felix Beato - Travelling by Kago
Felix Beato Studio 

very good condition; illustrated p. 168 in Philipp, Siegert & Wick's 'Felice Beato in Japan', Edition Braus, 1991. 

Medium: Albumen print, tinted

Ref: EB53

Mount: Original mount

Year: 1860s

Dimensions: 213 x 267mm

Price: $2000

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Felix Beato - Samurai in Winter Cloak
Felix Beato Studio 

somewhat faded 

Medium: Albumen print, tinted

Ref: EB51

Mount: Original mount

Year: 1860s

Dimensions: 263 x 203mm

Price: $150

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Baron Raimund von Stillfried-Ratenicz - [Entrance to Temple]
Stillfried Studio 

excellent condition, fine colouring 

Medium: Albumen print, tinted

Ref: EB48

Mount: Original mount

Year: 1870s

Dimensions: 189 x 247

Price: $1000

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Felix Beato - Japanese Cemetery at Nagasaki
Felix Beato Studio 

good condition 

Medium: Albumen print, tinted

Ref: EB50

Mount: Original mount

Year: c.1870

Dimensions: 230 x 282mm

Price: $500

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Felix Beato - Country Scene
Felix Beato Studio 

very good condition 

Medium: Albumen print, tinted

Ref: EB49

Mount: Original mount

Year: c.1870

Dimensions: 193 x 240mm

Price: $750

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Felix Beato attributed - Bombardment of Kagoshima, 1863
Felix Beato Studio 

This is a photograph, thought to have been taken by Beato, of a painting by the French artist, Rousseau. It depicts British warships bombarding the town of Kagoshima in 1863. The print is in excellent condition. 

Medium: Albumen print

Ref: EB37

Mount: Unmounted

Year: 1863

Dimensions: 205 x 273mm

Price: $750

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Felix Beato - Hakone Lake
Felix Beato Studio 

foxed and discoloured 

Medium: Albumen print, tinted

Ref: EB54

Mount: Original mount

Year: 1860s

Dimensions: 210 x 262mm

Price: $75

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Felix Beato - Temple at Kamakura
Felix Beato Studio 

slight imperfections at top right-hand corner of print, otherwise good 

Medium: Albumen print, tinted

Ref: EB63

Mount: Original mount

Year: c.1870

Dimensions: 179 x 224mm

Price: $250

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Felix Beato - Two Burmese Princesses with Servant
Felix Beato Studio 

very slight damage to bottom right-hand edge, otherwise very good condition; matted ready for framing 

Medium: Albumen print

Ref: EB75

Mount: Modern archival mount

Year: c.1890

Dimensions: 139 x 75mm

Price: $200

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Felix Beato - Our For A Walk
Felix Beato Studio 

excellent condition; together with original printed letter-press caption 

Medium: Albumen print, tinted

Ref: EB74

Mount: Original mount

Year: 1860s

Dimensions: 250 x 200mm

Price: $3000

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Felix Beato - Shan Lady
Felix Beato Studio 

very good condition; caption on reverse in a contemporary hand reads: 'Shan Swaba's Daughter', identifying the subject as a daughter of a provincial ruler from the far north of Burma. 

Medium: Albumen print

Ref: EB73

Mount: Unmounted

Year: c.1890

Dimensions: 148 x 102mm

Price: $150

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Felix Beato - 'Palong Woman' [modelled by Renee Samuels, daughter of Beato's assistant]
Felix Beato Studio 

very good condition 

Medium: Albumen print

Ref: EB72

Mount: Contemporary Mount

Year: c.1890

Dimensions: 250 x 180mm

Price: $250

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Felix Beato - Two Burmese Men
Felix Beato Studio 

very good condition 

Medium: Albumen print

Ref: EB71

Mount: Unmounted

Year: c.1890

Dimensions: 151 x 100mm

Price: $150

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Felix Beato - Burmese Beauty with Parasol
Felix Beato Studio 

Attractive portrait from Beato's Mandalay studio. The incongruous appearance of a Japanese scroll painting gives an echo of the photographer's earlier career in Japan. The original negative appears to have broken and been repaired. 

Medium: Albumen print

Ref: EB70

Mount: Contemporary Mount

Year: c.1890

Dimensions: 247 x 197mm

Price: $200

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Felix Beato - The Myei-nan or Main Audience Hall, Mandalay Palace
Felix Beato Studio 

fair-good condition with foxing on the face of the print 

Medium: Albumen print

Ref: EB69

Mount: Contemporary Mount

Year: c.1890

Dimensions: 255 x 215mm

Price: $200

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Felix Beato - Daibutsu at Kamakura
Felix Beato Studio 

excellent condition 

Medium: Albumen print

Ref: EB76

Mount: Original mount

Year: 1860s

Dimensions: 211 X 287mm

Price: $2500

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Felix Beato - Groupof Kachin Tribesmen
Felix Beato Studio 

excellent condition; reproduced in Noel Singer's 'Burmah. A Photographic Journey, 1855-1925' Stirling: Kiscadale, 1993 (p.104). 

Medium: Albumen print

Ref: EB66

Mount: Contemporary Mount

Year: c.1890

Dimensions: 266 x 211mm

Price: $1000

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Felix Beato - Country Scene, Japan
Felix Beato Studio 

good condition 

Medium: Albumen print

Ref: EB-16

Mount: Unmounted

Year: c.1860s

Dimensions: 223 x 263mm

Price: $500

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Felix Beato - Temple Scene, Japan
Felix Beato Studio 

very good condition; mounted on contemporary blue board 

Medium: Albumen print

Ref: EB22

Mount: Contemporary Mount

Year: c.1860s

Dimensions: 275 x 227mm

Price: $900

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Felix Beato - Country Scene
Felix Beato Studio 

Good condition. 

Medium: Albumen print

Ref: EB3003

Mount: Contemporary Mount

Year: c.1860s

Dimensions: 213 x 289mm

Price: $500

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Felix Beato - Rural Scene
Felix Beato Studio 

some light spotting in evidence, otherwise good condition; mounted on contemporary blue card 

Medium: Albumen print

Ref: bridge03

Mount: Contemporary Mount

Year: c.1860s

Dimensions: 220 x 278mm

Price: $500

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Felix Beato - Temple Scene
Felix Beato Studio 

sharp print but with surface abrasions and priced accordingly 

Medium: Albumen print

Ref: EB04

Mount: Contemporary Mount

Year: c.1860s

Dimensions: 269 x 216 mm

Price: $500

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Felix Beato - Waterfall in Japan
Felix Beato Studio 

good condition; mounted on contemporary blue card 

Medium: Albumen print

Ref: EB05

Mount: Contemporary Mount

Year: c.1860s

Dimensions: 282 x 232mm

Price: $750

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Anonymous 'Moosmie and Old Woman'
Unknown Studio 

excellent condition 

Medium: Albumen print, tinted

Ref: EB06

Mount: Original mount

Year: c.1860s

Dimensions: 190 x 242mm

Price: $500

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Felix Beato - Japanese Cemetery
Felix Beato Studio 

excellent condition print mounted on contemporary blue card 

Medium: Albumen print

Ref: EB11

Mount: Contemporary Mount

Year: c.1860s

Dimensions: 217 x 278mm

Price: $2500

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Felix Beato - Rural Scene, Japan
Felix Beato Studio 

excellent condition; mounted on contemporary blue card 

Medium: Albumen print

Ref: EB13

Mount: Contemporary Mount

Year: c.1860s

Dimensions: 223 x 288mm

Price: $1500

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Felix Beato - Street Scene, Japan
Felix Beato Studio 

excellent condition; mounted on contemporary blue board 

Medium: Albumen print

Ref: EB14

Mount: Contemporary Mount

Year: c.1860s

Dimensions: 225 x 288mm

Price: $2500

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Felix Beato - Kamakura, Japan
Felix Beato Studio 

good condition; mounted on contemporary blue board 

Medium: Albumen print

Ref: EB15

Mount: Contemporary Mount

Year: c.1860s

Dimensions: 224 x 284mm

Price: $600

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Felix Beato - Rural Scene, Japan
Felix Beato Studio 

good condition; mounted on contemporary blue board 

Medium: Albumen print

Ref: EB17

Mount: Contemporary Mount

Year: c.1860s

Dimensions: 223 x 288mm

Price: $750

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Felix Beato - Doctor and Patient
Felix Beato Studio 

early Beato print in very good condition; mount size: 300 x 425mm 

Medium: Albumen print

Ref: EB18

Mount: Original mount

Year: c.1860s

Dimensions: 130 x 182mm

Price: $3000

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Felix Beato - View of Mount Fuji, Japan
Felix Beato Studio 

rich dark print in very good condition apart from some discolouration to top edge as shown; mounted on contemporary blue board 

Medium: Albumen print

Ref: EB19

Mount: Contemporary Mount

Year: c.1860s

Dimensions: 220 x 296mm

Price: $2000

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Felix Beato - Japanese Temple
Felix Beato Studio 

rich, dark print in fine condition; mounted on contemporary blue board 

Medium: Albumen print

Ref: EB35

Mount: Contemporary Mount

Year: c.1860s

Dimensions: 230 x 283mm

Price: $4500

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Felix Beato - Village Scene, Japan
Felix Beato Studio 

very good condition; mounted on contemporary blue board 

Medium: Albumen print

Ref: EB21

Mount: Contemporary Mount

Year: c.1860s

Dimensions: 228 x 280mm

Price: $1500

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Felix Beato - Scene in Japan
Felix Beato Studio 

very good condition apart from two spots in the sky as shown (probably defects in the negative); mounted on contemporary blue board 

Medium: Albumen print

Ref: EB34

Mount: Contemporary Mount

Year: c.1860s

Dimensions: 220 x 288mm

Price: $650

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Felix Beato - Japanese Temple
Felix Beato Studio 

very good condition 

Medium: Albumen print, tinted

Ref: EB23

Mount: Original mount

Year: c.1860s

Dimensions: 213 x 260mm

Price: $500

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Felix Beato - Japanese Temple
Felix Beato Studio 

some discolouration to sky otherwise good condition  

Medium: Albumen print, tinted

Ref: EB24

Mount: Original mount

Year: c.1860s

Dimensions: 235 x 276mm

Price: $500

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Felix Beato - Village Scene, Japan
Felix Beato Studio 

very good condition print but slightly pale; mounted on contemporary blue board 

Medium: Albumen print

Ref: EB25

Mount: Contemporary Mount

Year: c.1860s

Dimensions: 238 x 303mm

Price: $800

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Felix Beato - Rural Scenery, Japan
Felix Beato Studio 

very good, dark print; mounted on contemporary blue card 

Medium: Albumen print

Ref: EB26

Mount: Contemporary Mount

Year: c.1860s

Dimensions: 203 x 290mm

Price: $1500

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Felix Beato - Country Scene, Japan
Felix Beato Studio 

rich dark print in fine condition on contemporary blue board mount 

Medium: Albumen print

Ref: EB27

Mount: Contemporary Mount

Year: c.1860s

Dimensions: 240 x 290mm

Price: $4000

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Felix Beato - Kakashima River, Nagasaki
Felix Beato Studio 

fine condition print on blue contemporary board mount 

Medium: Albumen print

Ref: EB28

Mount: Contemporary Mount

Year: c.1860s

Dimensions: 220 x 290mm

Price: $3500

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Felix Beato - River Scene, Japan
Felix Beato Studio 

good condition apart from markings in the sky area as shown; priced accordingly 

Medium: Albumen print

Ref: EB29

Mount: Contemporary Mount

Year: c.1860s

Dimensions: 278 x 227mm

Price: $125

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Felix Beato - Daibutsu Kamakura, Japan
Felix Beato Studio 

excellent condition 

Medium: Albumen print

Ref: EB30

Mount: Unmounted

Year: c.1860s

Dimensions: 234 x 285mm

Price: $1500

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Felix Beato - Waterfall, Japan
Felix Beato Studio 

very good condition; mounted on contemporary blue board 

Medium: Albumen print

Ref: EB31

Mount: Contemporary Mount

Year: c.1860s

Dimensions: 272 x 215mm

Price: $750

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Felix Beato - Japanese Temple
Felix Beato Studio 

excellent condition, mounted on contemporary blue board 

Medium: Albumen print

Ref: EB32

Mount: Contemporary Mount

Year: c.1860s

Dimensions: 287 x 237mm

Price: $2000

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Felix Beato - Japanese Temple
Felix Beato Studio 

very good condition print although slightly pale; mounted on contemporary blue board; Beato himself may be seated on the steps, to the right 

Medium: Albumen print

Ref: EB33

Mount: Contemporary Mount

Year: c.1860s

Dimensions: 227 x 287mm

Price: $600

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Felix Beato - Daibutsu Kamakura, Japan
Felix Beato Studio 

very good condition; mounted on contemporary blue card 

Medium: Albumen print

Ref: EB12

Mount: Contemporary Mount

Year: c.1860s

Dimensions: 227 x 280mm

Price: $1250

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Felix Beato - Mishima
Felix Beato Studio 

good condition 

Medium: Albumen print, tinted

Ref: EB20

Mount: Original mount

Year: c.1860s

Dimensions: 215 x 278mm

Price: $800

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Felix Beato - Nagasaki
Felix Beato Studio 

Fine condition print. 

Medium: Albumen print, tinted

Ref: EB10

Mount: Original mount

Year: c.1860s

Dimensions: 190 x 246mm

Price: $2500

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Korean War 1950-1953 Photography Archive
Unknown Studio 

This is an archive of 200 silver-print vintage photographs produced by various photo-agencies, including North Korean, Russian and French. Many have printed or written captions on the reverse. Many of the scenes are too horrific to show here, and clear evidence of biological warfare is present in some of the photographs.  

Medium: Silver print

Ref: xx34y

Mount: Unmounted

Year: 1950-53

Dimensions: 100 x 140mm

Price: $2000

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Complete Set of 48 Korean Stereoviews in Original Box
Herbert Ponting Studio 

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. 

Medium: Silver print

Ref: KBS1

Mount: Original printed mount

Year: 1904

Dimensions: 88 x 178mm

Price: $5000

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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

Price: $7500

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US Officials discussing the war
Felix Beato Studio 

Photographs of the 1871 US-Korea War are exceptionally rare.This print is in excellent condition. 

Medium: Albumen print

Ref: 1871#13

Mount: Unmounted

Year: 1871

Dimensions: 191 x 255mm

Price: $3000

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A Corean Camp near Marine Redoubt
Felix Beato Studio 

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. 

Medium: Albumen print

Ref: 1871#12

Mount: Unmounted

Year: 1871

Dimensions: 223 x 288mm

Price: $3000

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Watch officers of USS Colorado
Felix Beato Studio 

Photographs of the 1871 US-Korea War are exceptionally rare. This print is in excellent condition. 

Medium: Albumen print

Ref: 1871#11

Mount: Unmounted

Year: 1871

Dimensions: 220 x 256mm

Price: $3000

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Interior of Marine Redoubt
Felix Beato Studio 

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. 

Medium: Albumen print

Ref: 1871#10

Mount: Unmounted

Year: 1871

Dimensions: 226 x 282mm

Price: $10000

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A Corean official bearing the 2nd despatch on board the Colorado
Felix Beato Studio