Detail View: Rylands Collection:
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Image Number:
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Bookreader Chinese Coll 457
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Reference Number:
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Chinese Coll 457
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Parent Work Title:
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Twenty views of the European Palaces in the Garden of Perfect Brightness
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Date Created:
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18th century
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Description:
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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.
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Language Code:
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chi-CN
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Language:
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Chinese
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Subject:
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Architecture
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Subject:
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Formal gardens
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Subject:
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China--History
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Subject:
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Palaces--China
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Subject:
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Fountains
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Category of Material:
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Manuscripts
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Technique Used:
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Painting (image-making)
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Technique Used:
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Engraving (printing process)
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Medium:
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Pencil
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Medium:
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Paint
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Support:
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Paper
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Style Period:
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Qing Dynasty
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Time Period Covered:
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18th Century CE
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Places Covered:
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China: Beijing
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Item Height:
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569 mm
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Item Width:
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505 mm
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Item Depth:
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24 mm
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Current Repository:
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The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
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Provenance:
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Lindsay family Earls of Crawford and Balcarres, former owner
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Rights Holder - Image:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Rights holder - Work:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Access Rights:
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References:
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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)
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Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
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2012-05-03
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Image Creation Technique:
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Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
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Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
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2012-05
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Metadata Language:
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eng-GB
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