Period:Qing dynasty Production date:1830 (circa)
Materials:paper
Technique:engraving
Subjects:battle history
Dimensions:Height: 51.80 centimetres (sheet; trimmed and backed) Width: 90.50 centimetres (sheet; timmed and backed)
Description:
Plate from a series of ten copper-plate engravings of the Daoguang Emperor’s campaign against Jahangir, in East Turkestan; In the foreground, Chinese cavalry chase the enemy cavalry and some men struggle in water, under a bridge; in the middle ground, more Chinese troops, some crossing a river, far right, and leading prisoners; mountainous landscape. Inscription and seal (printed). Engraved on very thin paper.
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Comments:Like his predecessor, the Daoguang emperor wished to commemorate military success with the production of copperplate engravings, in this case, the East Turkestan campaign of 1827-8. A set of ten plates, engraved in Beijing, appeared in 1830 and include imperial poems engraved on them. The campaign was directed against a zealous leader called Jahangir, who came from a lineage ruling Turkestan before the Qing conquest of the 1750s. Jahangir had been held in Kokand until 1817, and in 1826 he invaded East Turkestan, capturing several major strongholds including Kashgar. The Daoguang emperor sent troops to the region in 1827 and in 1828 defeated Jahangir, who was taken to Beijing and executed. According to the Register, one of ‘Three Chinese engravings commemorating campaigns undertaken by the Emperor Ch’ien Lung [Qianlong] in 1769 and the feasts afterwards. Lo[s]t from the Summer Palace, 1860’.Information written on the back of the mount: ‘An incident in the war against the Tartars in 1769’.
Materials:paper
Technique:engraving
Subjects:battle history
Dimensions:Height: 51.80 centimetres (sheet; trimmed and backed) Width: 90.50 centimetres (sheet; timmed and backed)
Description:
Plate from a series of ten copper-plate engravings of the Daoguang Emperor’s campaign against Jahangir, in East Turkestan; In the foreground, Chinese cavalry chase the enemy cavalry and some men struggle in water, under a bridge; in the middle ground, more Chinese troops, some crossing a river, far right, and leading prisoners; mountainous landscape. Inscription and seal (printed). Engraved on very thin paper.
IMG
Comments:Like his predecessor, the Daoguang emperor wished to commemorate military success with the production of copperplate engravings, in this case, the East Turkestan campaign of 1827-8. A set of ten plates, engraved in Beijing, appeared in 1830 and include imperial poems engraved on them. The campaign was directed against a zealous leader called Jahangir, who came from a lineage ruling Turkestan before the Qing conquest of the 1750s. Jahangir had been held in Kokand until 1817, and in 1826 he invaded East Turkestan, capturing several major strongholds including Kashgar. The Daoguang emperor sent troops to the region in 1827 and in 1828 defeated Jahangir, who was taken to Beijing and executed. According to the Register, one of ‘Three Chinese engravings commemorating campaigns undertaken by the Emperor Ch’ien Lung [Qianlong] in 1769 and the feasts afterwards. Lo[s]t from the Summer Palace, 1860’.Information written on the back of the mount: ‘An incident in the war against the Tartars in 1769’.
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