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Miscellaneous

Maps, views and diagrams of military reviews and encampments

? JANSON (ACTIVE 1716-28)

Map of Pillnitz, 1725 (Pillnitz, Saxony, Germany) 51°00ʹ26ʺN 13°52ʹ32ʺE

1725 or later

Pen and ink on paper | 29.7 x 20.1 cm (sheet) | RCIN 727019.b

This manuscript text accompanies the plan of Pillnitz at RCIN 727019.a.

  • ? Janson (active 1716-28) (author)

    Subject(s)

    Army-Poland
  • Watermark: Mostly cropped. Not in Heawood or Churchill.

    Mark, stamped: 167

    Condition: surface dirt along top edge

  • 29.7 x 20.1 cm (sheet)

  • Manuscript title:

    Description Succinte du Campe = / ment de S.M. Pol: près du cha ,, / teau de plaisance de Pillnitz à / l’occasion du festin des noces / du Comte de Friesen avec la Com,, / tesse de Coseln.

    Annotations:

    George III heading: Encampment at Pillnitz 1725.

    Other annotations: none.

    George III catalogue entry:

    Encampment Plan dessiné du Campement par ordre du Roy de Pologne a l’occasion des noçes de la Comtesse Cosell avec le Comte Frisen pres du Chateau Pillnitz, 1725; par le Capitaine Janson; avec une Description. [The same entry appears under the heading Pillnitz.]

  • Subject(s)

    Pillnitz, Saxony, Germany (51°00ʹ26ʺN 13°52ʹ32ʺE)

Page revisions

  • 5 June 2024