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Battle Scenes of the Quelling of Rebellions in the Western Regions, with Imperial Poems, c. 1765-177 Creator: Giuseppe Castiglione (Italian, 1688-1766); Jean Damascene Sallusti (Italian, d. 1781); Jean Denis Attiret (French, 1702-1768).

Battle Scenes of the Quelling of Rebellions in the Western Regions, with Imperial Poems, c. 1765-177 Creator: Giuseppe Castiglione (Italian, 1688-1766); Jean Damascene Sallusti (Italian, d. 1781); Jean Denis Attiret (French, 1702-1768).

2-723-596 - Heritage Art/Heritage Images

Battle Scenes of the Quelling of Rebellions in the Western Regions, with Imperial Poems, c. 1765-1774. This set of etchings was commissioned by Emperor Qianlong to record in pictorial terms the courage of his generals and soldiers in quelling the rebellions in the Western Regions. Qianlong added his own poem to each of the etchings, indicating his appreciation and pride in this demonstration of military might. "Western Regions" refers to the present-day Xingjiang province, often described in Western writing as "Central Asia."

Image Details

Medium
  1. Etching, mounted in album form, 16 leaves plus two additional leaves of inscriptions
Picture Type
  1. Print

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Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 6000x6882
File Size : 120,973kb

Aliases

  1. 1998.103
  1. 160147
  1. 0940023392
  1. 1998.103
  1. 2-723-596
  1. 2723596
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