AUDUBON, John James (1785 - 1851), Yellow Crowned Night Heron (Plate 364), 1839-1844 Havell Edition Qianlong’s ‘Battle Copper Prints’ were

Qianlong’s ‘Battle Copper Prints’ were just one of the means the Manchu emperor employed to document his campaigns of military expansion and suppression of regional unrest

Every building and road is carefully mapped out and identified

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AUDUBON, John James (1785 - 1851), Yellow Crowned Night Heron (Plate 364), 1839-1844 Havell Edition Qianlong’s ‘Battle Copper Prints’ wereJohn James AUDUBON Yellow Crowned Night Heron (Plate 364) New York: J. J. Audubon; Philadelphia: J. B. Chevalier, 1839 1844 Hand colored lithograph Paper size: approx. 10 1 4 x 6 1 2 in.