Period:Unknown Production date:1772
Materials:paper
Technique:etching, engraving,
Subjects:battle attendant
Dimensions:Height: 572 millimetres Width: 922 millimetres
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 an incomplete BM set (fifteen only, 1932,0715.46 to 59, including 48*) 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. (For a complete set see 1848,0205, 517 to 532).For further information, see the Curator’s Comment for 1932,0715.57.
Materials:paper
Technique:etching, engraving,
Subjects:battle attendant
Dimensions:Height: 572 millimetres Width: 922 millimetres
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 an incomplete BM set (fifteen only, 1932,0715.46 to 59, including 48*) 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. (For a complete set see 1848,0205, 517 to 532).For further information, see the Curator’s Comment for 1932,0715.57.
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