Felice Beato 1860 Exterior view of Upper North Taku Fort, shewing the left angle assaulted by the French, and centre gateway entered by the English. Augt. 21st 1860. (Flag of the 67th on the right.)
Background to collection:
Captain George Turnour Horton Atchison was in China serving with the 67th (South Hampshire) Regiment of Foot and was Deputy Assistant Quarter-Master General to the troops in north China. He was present at the capture of the Taku Forts and the campaign of 1860 (Second Opium War). Atchison died at Tientsin (Tianjin) on 21 July 1861, aged 28.
