Period:Unknown Production date:1767-1774
Materials:paper
Technique:etching, engraving,
Subjects:battle barrack/camp scene
Dimensions:Height: 579 millimetres (plate-mark) Width: 919 millimetres (trimmed to platemark)
Description:
Plate 11 from a set of sixteen plates; battle, mostly cavalry, with Chinese troops routing the enemy apart from a few who resist; some soldiers lead camels bearing canon on their backs; mountainous scenery 1767-1774 Etching and engraving
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Comments:Plate 11 is often titled: The Battle at Arcul (Le Combat d’Arcul )in modern literature: 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 further information, see the Curator’s Comment for 1932,0715.57.
Materials:paper
Technique:etching, engraving,
Subjects:battle barrack/camp scene
Dimensions:Height: 579 millimetres (plate-mark) Width: 919 millimetres (trimmed to platemark)
Description:
Plate 11 from a set of sixteen plates; battle, mostly cavalry, with Chinese troops routing the enemy apart from a few who resist; some soldiers lead camels bearing canon on their backs; mountainous scenery 1767-1774 Etching and engraving
IMG
Comments:Plate 11 is often titled: The Battle at Arcul (Le Combat d’Arcul )in modern literature: 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 further information, see the Curator’s Comment for 1932,0715.57.
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