Felice Beato General Sir James Hope Grant, 1808 - 1875. Soldier 1860

Biography

Born 1825
Died 1908
Nationalities Italian
British
Birth place Italian

Born in Venice, Felice Beato was a much-travelled photographer. He experienced and recorded the Crimean War and the Indian Mutiny before travelling to China and Japan. He was involved in a business partnership with his brother-in-law, James Robertson, and the two ran photographic studios in Istanbul and Malta.