COLLECTION NAME:
Rylands Collection
Record
Image Number:
Bookreader Chinese Coll 457
Reference Number:
Chinese Crawford 457
Parent Work Title:
Yuanmingyuan tujing
Alternative Parent Work Title:
圓明園圖景
Translated Parent Work Title:
Scenes from the Gardens of Perfect Brightness
Creator:
Ilantai, active approximately 1749-1793
Creator Role:
Artist
Date Created:
1781-1787
Description:
Twenty views of the European Palaces in the Garden of Perfect Brightness is a set of 20 prints commissioned by the Qianlong Emperor in the 1760s. The European Palaces were designed and built by French Jesuits in the early-mid 18th century and 100 copies of the "twenty views" were printed in Paris. The palaces themselves were destroyed during the Second Opium War in 1860. The album includes an additional coloured painting.
Language Code:
chi-CN
Language:
Chinese
Subject:
Architecture
Subject:
Formal gardens
Subject:
China--History
Subject:
Palaces--China
Subject:
Fountains
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
Technique Used:
Painting (image-making)
Technique Used:
Engraving (printing process)
Medium:
Pencil
Medium:
Paint
Support:
Paper
Support:
Silk (textile)
Creation Site:
China
Style Period:
Qing Dynasty
Time Period Covered:
18th Century CE
Places Covered:
China: Beijing Shi: Beijing
Item Height:
569 mm
Item Width:
505 mm
Item Depth:
24 mm
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance:
Lindsay family Earls of Crawford and Balcarres, former owner
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work:
The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights:
References:
Durand, A. & Thiriez, A. "Engraving the Emperor of China's European Palaces.", 'Biblion; the Bulletin of the New York Public Library '. 1, no.2 (Spring 1993), pp.81-107)
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2012-05-03
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2012-05
Educational Notes:
Qing: China's multilingual empire exhibition
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Academic Project Lead:
Julianne Simpson
Collection Code:
Rylands