Period:Unknown Production date:1774
Materials:paper
Technique:etching, engraving,
Subjects:barrack/camp scene castle/fort military
Dimensions:Height: 575 millimetres (plate-mark) Width: 923 millimetres (trimmed to plate-mark)
Description:
Plate 6 from a set of from a set of sixteen plates; Qing military encampment with tents and yurts; inside, three Qing figures seated under an awning receive a small group of Turkic Muslims accompanied by Qing guards, watched by Qing figures under awnings on either side; in front to left and right, kneeling prisoners make offerings of livestock and other goods; to left, reached by a bridge over a river, the fortifed city Ush-Turfan. 1774 Etching and engraving
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![图片[1]-print BM-1848-0205.530-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Unknown/43/mid_PPA306657.jpg)
Comments:Plate 6 is often titled in modern literature: The Chief of ‘Uš [Turfan] submits with his town; Le Chef d’Uš [Turfan] se soumet avec sa ville. 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:barrack/camp scene castle/fort military
Dimensions:Height: 575 millimetres (plate-mark) Width: 923 millimetres (trimmed to plate-mark)
Description:
Plate 6 from a set of from a set of sixteen plates; Qing military encampment with tents and yurts; inside, three Qing figures seated under an awning receive a small group of Turkic Muslims accompanied by Qing guards, watched by Qing figures under awnings on either side; in front to left and right, kneeling prisoners make offerings of livestock and other goods; to left, reached by a bridge over a river, the fortifed city Ush-Turfan. 1774 Etching and engraving
IMG
Comments:Plate 6 is often titled in modern literature: The Chief of ‘Uš [Turfan] submits with his town; Le Chef d’Uš [Turfan] se soumet avec sa ville. 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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