Period:Unknown Production date:1773
Materials:paper
Technique:etching, engraving,
Subjects:battle barrack/camp scene
Dimensions:Height: 576 millimetres Width: 920 millimetres
Description:
Plate 9 from a set of sixteen plates; Qing soldiers firing cannon, guns and arrows at the enemy from within a fortified encampment with tents and yurts, some officers on horseback in the centre; outside, Qing soldiers set fire to enemy turrets and take prisoners; river in the distance, mountains beyond. 1773 Etching and engraving
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![图片[1]-print BM-1932-0715.59-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Unknown/43/mid_00073008_001.jpg)
Comments:Plate 9 is often titled in modern literature: 通古思魯克之戰 The Battle of Tonguzluq; Le combat de Tonguzluq. None of the plates in the original edition was ever lettered with a title.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 barrack/camp scene
Dimensions:Height: 576 millimetres Width: 920 millimetres
Description:
Plate 9 from a set of sixteen plates; Qing soldiers firing cannon, guns and arrows at the enemy from within a fortified encampment with tents and yurts, some officers on horseback in the centre; outside, Qing soldiers set fire to enemy turrets and take prisoners; river in the distance, mountains beyond. 1773 Etching and engraving
IMG
Comments:Plate 9 is often titled in modern literature: 通古思魯克之戰 The Battle of Tonguzluq; Le combat de Tonguzluq. None of the plates in the original edition was ever lettered with a title.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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