Victory of Khorgos

Proof print of 'Victory of Khorgos' from the 'Conquests of the Western Regions' engraved by Jacques Philippe Le Bas after Jean-Denis Attiret, printed in ink on paper in Paris, France, and dated 1774. A manuscript slip is attached to the reverse of the print. This series of copperplate prints was made at the command of the Qianlong Emperor to commemorate his campaigns in Central Eurasia. The prints were prepared in Paris under the direction of Charles-Nicolas Cochin the younger.