Lot 59

GIOVANNI DAMASCENO SALLUSTI, ENGRAVED BY JACQUES ALIAMET (FRENCH 1726-1788)
A BATTLESCENE POSSIBLY THE BATTLE OF KHURUNGUI, XINJIANG, 1775




Fine & Decorative Furniture and Art
Auction: 30 September 2009 at 12:00 BST
£3,500
Description
Engraving, 50cm x 88cm (19.75in x 34.5in) and another by the same hand, a pair (2)
Footnote
Note: From the series 'Quand l'empereur Qianlong adressait ses commandes d'estampes à Louis XV'. These sixteen prints depict a military campaign undertaken by the Qianlong Emperor from 1755 to 1759 in present-day Xinjiang.



