Period:Unknown Production date:1770
Materials:paper
Technique:etching, engraving,
Subjects:battle
Dimensions:Height: 580 millimetres Width: 929 millimetres
Description:
Plate 8 from a set of sixteen plates: battle in which Qing troops (led by Fude?) defeat the enemy; in the foreground the Qing cavalry armed with bows and arrows attack the enemy cavalry armed with long spears; in the middle distance to left serried ranks of soldiers, mainly infantry; cannon pulled by horses, also borne by camels on their backs; mountainous landscape. 1770 Etching and engraving
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Comments:Plate 8 is often titled in modern literature: 呼爾滿大捷 [Hu’erman da jie] The great victory of Qurman; La grande victoire de Qurman. None of the plates in the original edition was ever lettered with a title.The event shown is a battle in 1759, which took place towards the end of the Qianlong Emperor’s East Turkestan campaign.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
Dimensions:Height: 580 millimetres Width: 929 millimetres
Description:
Plate 8 from a set of sixteen plates: battle in which Qing troops (led by Fude?) defeat the enemy; in the foreground the Qing cavalry armed with bows and arrows attack the enemy cavalry armed with long spears; in the middle distance to left serried ranks of soldiers, mainly infantry; cannon pulled by horses, also borne by camels on their backs; mountainous landscape. 1770 Etching and engraving
IMG
Comments:Plate 8 is often titled in modern literature: 呼爾滿大捷 [Hu’erman da jie] The great victory of Qurman; La grande victoire de Qurman. None of the plates in the original edition was ever lettered with a title.The event shown is a battle in 1759, which took place towards the end of the Qianlong Emperor’s East Turkestan campaign.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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