Period:Unknown Production date:1769
Materials:paper
Technique:etching, engraving,
Subjects:battle barrack/camp scene
Dimensions:Height: 571 millimetres Width: 926 millimetres
Description:
Plate 2 from a set of sixteen plates; the Kalmuk Ayusi, having transferred to the Chinese side, takes Davaci’s camp on Gedengshan (Mount Gädän) by force, in 1755; in the centre in the middle distance, the camp with tents and yurts, cattle, sheep and horses; in the foreground, intense fighting on horseback; large numbers of troops just outside the camp in the distance to left. 1769 Etching and engraving
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Comments:Plate 2 is often titled in modern literature: The camp [set up] at Gadan-Ola is raided (On force le camp [établi] à Gadan-ola). 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: 571 millimetres Width: 926 millimetres
Description:
Plate 2 from a set of sixteen plates; the Kalmuk Ayusi, having transferred to the Chinese side, takes Davaci’s camp on Gedengshan (Mount Gädän) by force, in 1755; in the centre in the middle distance, the camp with tents and yurts, cattle, sheep and horses; in the foreground, intense fighting on horseback; large numbers of troops just outside the camp in the distance to left. 1769 Etching and engraving
IMG
Comments:Plate 2 is often titled in modern literature: The camp [set up] at Gadan-Ola is raided (On force le camp [établi] à Gadan-ola). 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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