FIFTEEN ETCHINGS OF PALACES, PAVILIONS AND GARDENS BY GIUSEPPE CASTIGLIONE IN THE IMPERIAL GROUNDS AT THE SUMMER PALACE, BEIJING, YUANMINGYUAN 1977 (15)FIFTEEN ETCHINGS OF PALACES, PAVILIONS AND GARDENS BY GIUSEPPE CASTIGLIONE IN THE IMPERIAL GROUNDS AT THE SUMMER PALACE, BEIJING, YUANMINGYUAN1977Framed.西洋樓二十景銅版畫 十五幅51cm (20in) high x 88cm (34 5/8in) wide (15).The Property of a Lady and GentlemanThe original etchings were created for the Qianlong Emperor between 1783 and 1786 by the Jesuit missionary to the Chinese court, Giuseppe Castiglione (also known as Lang Shining). They illustrate the edifices, gardens and palace grounds constructed from 1737-1766.