Period:Unknown Production date:1772
Materials:paper
Technique:etching, engraving,
Subjects:battle attendant
Dimensions:Height: 568 millimetres (plate-mark) Width: 922 millimetres (trimmed to plate-mark)
Description:
Plate 15 from a set of sixteen plates; in the middle ground to right, the Emperor on horseback, followed by ranks of infantry, approaches a circular stand on which are standards taken from the enemy; all around are more soldiers and attendants, with to right, some figures blowing long horns; a few officers approach the stand; in the foreground, canopies and tents; mountains beyond. 1772 Etching and engraving
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Comments:Plate 15 is often titled in modern literature: [The Emperor] goes to the suburbs to hear [in person] the news of the officers and soldiers who had distinguished themselves in the campaign against the Muslim tribes; [L’Empereur] se rend dans la banlieue pour prendre [personellement] des nouvelles des officiers et des soldats qui se sont distingués dans la campagne contre les tribus musulmanes. None of the plates in the original edition was ever lettered with a title.For a description of the ritual represented in this scene, see Joanna Waley-Cohen, ‘Commemorating War in Eighteenth-Century China’, Modern Asian Studies, Vol. 30, Vol. 4, Special Issue: War in Modern China (Oct. 1996), pp. 869-899.This print is from a complete set (1848,0205.517 to 532) of the sixteen plates known as ‘Victoires et Conquêtes de l’Empereur de la Chine’ commemorating the Qianlong Emperor’s victories in Central Asia from 1755 to1759. They are in a volume half-bound in leather with marbled boards, with gold tooling and ‘CHINESE BATTLES’ on the spine. There is also an incomplete set of fifteen prints (1932,0715.46 to 59, including 48*).For further information, see the Curator’s Comment for 1932,0715.57.
Materials:paper
Technique:etching, engraving,
Subjects:battle attendant
Dimensions:Height: 568 millimetres (plate-mark) Width: 922 millimetres (trimmed to plate-mark)
Description:
Plate 15 from a set of sixteen plates; in the middle ground to right, the Emperor on horseback, followed by ranks of infantry, approaches a circular stand on which are standards taken from the enemy; all around are more soldiers and attendants, with to right, some figures blowing long horns; a few officers approach the stand; in the foreground, canopies and tents; mountains beyond. 1772 Etching and engraving
IMG
Comments:Plate 15 is often titled in modern literature: [The Emperor] goes to the suburbs to hear [in person] the news of the officers and soldiers who had distinguished themselves in the campaign against the Muslim tribes; [L’Empereur] se rend dans la banlieue pour prendre [personellement] des nouvelles des officiers et des soldats qui se sont distingués dans la campagne contre les tribus musulmanes. None of the plates in the original edition was ever lettered with a title.For a description of the ritual represented in this scene, see Joanna Waley-Cohen, ‘Commemorating War in Eighteenth-Century China’, Modern Asian Studies, Vol. 30, Vol. 4, Special Issue: War in Modern China (Oct. 1996), pp. 869-899.This print is from a complete set (1848,0205.517 to 532) of the sixteen plates known as ‘Victoires et Conquêtes de l’Empereur de la Chine’ commemorating the Qianlong Emperor’s victories in Central Asia from 1755 to1759. They are in a volume half-bound in leather with marbled boards, with gold tooling and ‘CHINESE BATTLES’ on the spine. There is also an incomplete set of fifteen prints (1932,0715.46 to 59, including 48*).For further information, see the Curator’s Comment for 1932,0715.57.
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