Period:Unknown Production date:1774
Materials:paper
Technique:etching, engraving,
Subjects:battle
Dimensions:Height: 569 millimetres (plate-mark) Width: 921 millimetres (trimmed to plate-mark)
Description:
Plate 4 from a set of sixteen plates; battle (1758) with the imperial cavalry armed with bows and arrows (to left) galloping towards the enemy cavalry (to right); in the distance, rocky landscape. 1774 Etching and engraving
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![图片[1]-print BM-1848-0205.518-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Unknown/43/mid_PPA306565.jpg)
Comments:Plate 4 is often titled in modern literature: 和落霍凘之捷 The victory of Khorgos, La victoire de Khorgos. 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 another state of this plate, lettered with Attiret’s name and the date and place of production of the original drawing, see 1932,0715.52. For further information, see the Curator’s Comment for 1932,0715.57.
Materials:paper
Technique:etching, engraving,
Subjects:battle
Dimensions:Height: 569 millimetres (plate-mark) Width: 921 millimetres (trimmed to plate-mark)
Description:
Plate 4 from a set of sixteen plates; battle (1758) with the imperial cavalry armed with bows and arrows (to left) galloping towards the enemy cavalry (to right); in the distance, rocky landscape. 1774 Etching and engraving
IMG
Comments:Plate 4 is often titled in modern literature: 和落霍凘之捷 The victory of Khorgos, La victoire de Khorgos. 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 another state of this plate, lettered with Attiret’s name and the date and place of production of the original drawing, see 1932,0715.52. For further information, see the Curator’s Comment for 1932,0715.57.
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