Period:Unknown Production date:1767-1774
Materials:paper
Technique:etching, engraving,
Subjects:battle barrack/camp scene
Dimensions:Height: 578 millimetres (plate-mark; trimmed at top) Width: 923 millimetres (trimmed to platemark)
Description:
Plate 5 from a set of sixteen plates; Chinese troops led by Zhaohui and his lieutenants, seen watching from a rise to left, attack Amursana’s supporters who, after their defeat at Khorgos, went to Mount Khurungui (North of the river Ili); enemy encampment seen to right attacked from all sides, men and animals fleeing, some men firing at the Chinese; a mist effect and possibly part of the river shown in the middle ground, mountains in the distance. 1767-1774 Etching and engraving
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![图片[1]-print BM-1848-0205.519-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Unknown/43/mid_PPA306575.jpg)
Comments:Plate 5 is often titled in modern literature: 庫隴癸之戰 The Battle of Khurungui, Le combat de Khurungui. None of the plates in the original edition was ever lettered with a title.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 barrack/camp scene
Dimensions:Height: 578 millimetres (plate-mark; trimmed at top) Width: 923 millimetres (trimmed to platemark)
Description:
Plate 5 from a set of sixteen plates; Chinese troops led by Zhaohui and his lieutenants, seen watching from a rise to left, attack Amursana’s supporters who, after their defeat at Khorgos, went to Mount Khurungui (North of the river Ili); enemy encampment seen to right attacked from all sides, men and animals fleeing, some men firing at the Chinese; a mist effect and possibly part of the river shown in the middle ground, mountains in the distance. 1767-1774 Etching and engraving
IMG
Comments:Plate 5 is often titled in modern literature: 庫隴癸之戰 The Battle of Khurungui, Le combat de Khurungui. None of the plates in the original edition was ever lettered with a title.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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