Period:Qing dynasty Production date:1783-1786 (circa)
Materials:paper, silk,
Technique:engraving
Subjects:formal garden observatory palace/mansion
Dimensions:Height: 50.50 centimetres (trimmed) Width: 87.40 centimetres (trimmed)
Description:
Main façade of Observatory of Distant Waters; Plate 14 from a set of twenty engravings. View of the building, with Chinese lions on pedestals in front of it, set on an elevated paved terrace enclosed by a balustrade; in the foreground, to left and right, a staircase with balustrade leads to ground level; on either side of terrace, wall visible with trees beyond. Engraving in an album; inscribed and numbered.
IMG
![图片[1]-print; album BM-1916-0214-0.3-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Qin dynasty/43/mid_00162446_001.jpg)
Comments:The full set comprises twenty copper-plate engravings of the European Palaces (Xiyanglou 西洋樓) of the Garden of Perfect Brightness (Yuanmingyuan 圓明園), thirteen of which are included in this album. The thirteen BM prints are mounted in moiré silk in a linked album with wooden covers, and are from two separate Registration series: 1916,0214,0.1 to 1916,0214,0.4 and 1924,0523,0.13 to 1924.0523,0.21.For further information, see 1916,0214,0.1.
Materials:paper, silk,
Technique:engraving
Subjects:formal garden observatory palace/mansion
Dimensions:Height: 50.50 centimetres (trimmed) Width: 87.40 centimetres (trimmed)
Description:
Main façade of Observatory of Distant Waters; Plate 14 from a set of twenty engravings. View of the building, with Chinese lions on pedestals in front of it, set on an elevated paved terrace enclosed by a balustrade; in the foreground, to left and right, a staircase with balustrade leads to ground level; on either side of terrace, wall visible with trees beyond. Engraving in an album; inscribed and numbered.
IMG
Comments:The full set comprises twenty copper-plate engravings of the European Palaces (Xiyanglou 西洋樓) of the Garden of Perfect Brightness (Yuanmingyuan 圓明園), thirteen of which are included in this album. The thirteen BM prints are mounted in moiré silk in a linked album with wooden covers, and are from two separate Registration series: 1916,0214,0.1 to 1916,0214,0.4 and 1924,0523,0.13 to 1924.0523,0.21.For further information, see 1916,0214,0.1.
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![[Qing Dynasty] British female painter—Elizabeth Keith, using woodblock prints to record China from the late Qing Dynasty to the early Republic of China—1915-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/image-191x300.png)
