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Miscellaneous

Maps, views and diagrams of military reviews and encampments

AFTER JEAN DENIS ATTIRET (1702-68)

China, 1754-1760

1780s

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

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

  • After Jean Denis Attiret (1702-68) (artist) [bottom left, below view:] Joan.s Dion.s Attiret, Soc. Jesus Del. 1763.

    Isidore Stanislas Helman (1743-1806/10) [bottom right, below view:] Helman, Sculp. 1785.

    Subject(s)

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

    26.9 x 43.4 cm (platemark)

    43.7 x 58.9 cm (sheet)

  • Printed title:

    Combat du 1.er Sept.bre 1759. dans la Montagne de Poulok-Kol près les Lacs de Poulong-Kol et d'Isil-Kol et de la Ville de Badackhan. Fou-Té commande les Troupes Imperiales contre les deux Hot-Chom. Le Combat est vers le fin du jour, Le Grand Hot-Chom, y perit, l'Armée Chinoise y fit un butin considerable; c'est la fin de la Conquête de la petite Buckarie. [bottom, below view]

    Printed title:

    XV. [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