Oct 18, 2011 - Sale 2257

Sale 2257 - Lot 5

Price Realized: $ 7,200
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,500
BEATO, FELIX (1834/1835-circa 1907)
Pair of photographs from the 1871 US Navy Mission to Korea. Albumen prints, 9 1/2x7 and 10 1/2x8 inches (24.1x17.8 and 26.7x20.3 cm.), mounted. 1871
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In May/June 1871 the US Navy conducted a military mission to Korea in an attempt to open that country to trade. Beato obtained permission to accompany and photograph this expedition; his photographs show the fighting that ensued and the Korean people encountered by the Americans. Several of his images, including that of the "bottle man," which is offered here, appear in Terry Bennett's book "Korea: Caught in Time."