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Maps, views and diagrams of military reviews and encampments

AFTER IGNATIUS SICHELBART (1708-80)

China, 1754-1760

1780s

Etching and engraving; printed on paper | 25.7 x 41.4 cm (image) | RCIN 731054.h

Condition: no fold lines, surface dirt and brown spots to recto and verso, edges uncut and crumpled.
  • After Ignatius Sichelbart (1708-80) (artist) [bottom left, below view:] P. Ignatius Richelbarth, Soc. Jesu. Delineavit 1765.

    Isidore Stanislas Helman (1743-1806/10) (engraver) [bottom right, below view:] Helman, Sculpsit 1784.

    Subject(s)

    Qianlong Emperor of China (1711-99)
  • Watermark: Dovecote

    Condition: no fold lines, surface dirt and brown spots to recto and verso, edges uncut and crumpled

  • 25.7 x 41.4 cm (image)

    26.8 x 43.0 cm (platemark)

    43.7 x 58.3 cm (sheet)

  • Printed title:

    Fou-Té Lieutenant de Tchao-Hoei poursuit Amouv-Sana et reçoit les hommages et les Tributs de Ta-Ouan ou des hasacks que les Russes nomment Kosaccia-Horda, et ceux des Pourouths des Tourgouths et de quelques autres Tartares formant en tout vingt hordes qui jusqu'alors n'avoient en rien dépendu de l'Empereur. [bottom, below view]

    Printed title:

    VIII. [top right, above neatline]

    Annotations:

    None

    George III catalogue entry:

    China 20 Estampes representant les Conquetes de l'Empereur de la Chine depuis 1754 jusqu'a 1760; avec leur Explication: gravées par Helman 1783-86. Fol.

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  • 3 November 2024