Louis Legrand (photographer)
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Louis Legrand was a French
photographer based in Shanghai
who may have been commissioned to accompany French forces and photographically document their participation in the Anglo-French military expedition to northern China
during the Second Opium War
in 1860. No evidence has yet been found that Legrand actually joined the expedition or took photographs on it.
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
photographer based in Shanghai
Shanghai
Shanghai is the largest city by population in China and the largest city proper in the world. It is one of the four province-level municipalities in the People's Republic of China, with a total population of over 23 million as of 2010...
who may have been commissioned to accompany French forces and photographically document their participation in the Anglo-French military expedition to northern China
China
Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
during the Second Opium War
Second Opium War
The Second Opium War, the Second Anglo-Chinese War, the Second China War, the Arrow War, or the Anglo-French expedition to China, was a war pitting the British Empire and the Second French Empire against the Qing Dynasty of China, lasting from 1856 to 1860...
in 1860. No evidence has yet been found that Legrand actually joined the expedition or took photographs on it.