Period:Unknown Production date:1772
Materials:paper
Technique:etching, engraving,
Subjects:barrack/camp scene
Dimensions:Height: 575 millimetres (plate-mark) Width: 923 millimetres (trimmed to plate-mark)
Description:
Plate 13 from a set of from a set of sixteen plates; view of a Qing military encampment, circular, with tents and yurts; in the centre, under an an awning, a group of seated Qing figures; in front of it, to right, a Turkic Muslim figure is seated in front of a pile of offerings (?), while directly facing the Qing dignitaries is a group of kneeling Turkic Muslims, one holding up a head on a platter; on either side, under two awnings, spectators (Turkic Muslims to left and Qing to right) and Qing soldiers armed with swords surrounding them; while others put on a display of military prowess, some on horseback; mountainous scenery. 1772 Etching and engraving
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Comments:Plate 13 is often titled in modern literature: The Khan of Badakhsan asks to submit; Le Khan de Badakhsan demande à se soumettre. None of the plates in the original edition was ever lettered with a title.The Turkic Muslims might be Badakhshanis, and the seated figure facing the Qing dignitaries might be the Khan of Badakhshan.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 (1848,0205.517 to 532)see 1848,0205, 517 to 532).For further information, see the Curator’s Comment for 1932,0715.57.
Materials:paper
Technique:etching, engraving,
Subjects:barrack/camp scene
Dimensions:Height: 575 millimetres (plate-mark) Width: 923 millimetres (trimmed to plate-mark)
Description:
Plate 13 from a set of from a set of sixteen plates; view of a Qing military encampment, circular, with tents and yurts; in the centre, under an an awning, a group of seated Qing figures; in front of it, to right, a Turkic Muslim figure is seated in front of a pile of offerings (?), while directly facing the Qing dignitaries is a group of kneeling Turkic Muslims, one holding up a head on a platter; on either side, under two awnings, spectators (Turkic Muslims to left and Qing to right) and Qing soldiers armed with swords surrounding them; while others put on a display of military prowess, some on horseback; mountainous scenery. 1772 Etching and engraving
IMG
Comments:Plate 13 is often titled in modern literature: The Khan of Badakhsan asks to submit; Le Khan de Badakhsan demande à se soumettre. None of the plates in the original edition was ever lettered with a title.The Turkic Muslims might be Badakhshanis, and the seated figure facing the Qing dignitaries might be the Khan of Badakhshan.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 (1848,0205.517 to 532)see 1848,0205, 517 to 532).For further information, see the Curator’s Comment for 1932,0715.57.
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