Picture No | 10000265 |
Date | 1860 |
Description | Destruction of Summer Palace, Beijing |
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The British High Commissioner to China, Lord Elgin, ordering the destruction of the Summer Palace in Beijing (Peking), which was then carried out by French and British troops during the Second Opium War on 6th October 1860..
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Source | L'Illustration |
Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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