Printed and manuscript maps, prints and views of 22 seventeenth-century wars
Map of the Rhine, 1674-5
c.1782Etching and engraving; printed from two copperplates on two pieces of paper, joined | Scale: 1:88,000 approx. | RCIN 724008.e
The medallion which appears, top right, refers to the success of Marshal Turenne in 1674. A man dressed in Roman military costume holds the standard of France and pursues his enemies; he leaves behind him an aquatic god which represents the River Neckar. The legend reads: the Germans flee for the second time beyond the Neckar (in Latin: Germanis Iterum Fusis ad Nicrum). (Beaurain, 1782, p.viii.).
The sheet extends from Walheim (Walheim, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany 49°43ʹ04ʺN 08°06ʹ22ʺE) in the top left corner to Eberstadt (Eberstadt, Baden-Württemberg, Germany 49°28ʹ38ʺN 09°22ʹ01ʺE) in the top right corner, and from Helmstein (Elmstein, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany 49°22ʹ00ʺN 07°56ʹ00ʺE) in the bottom left corner to Walhem (Walheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany 49°00ʹ51ʺN 09°09ʹ04ʺE) in the bottom right corner.
Condition: two fold lines. Verso: surface dirt.
Jean-Baptiste Jacques de Beaurain (1728-c. 1785) (cartographer and publisher)
Berlin (active 1782) (engraver) [bottom right, below edge of border:] Berlin Sculp
la Dame veuve Dutertre (printer)
Subject(s)
Army-FranceArmy-GermanyWatermark: D [heart] TAMAZIER
Condition: two fold lines. Verso: surface dirt
Scale: 1:88,000 approx. Scale bar: Echelle de 2400 Toises de France [53 mm =].
58.8 x 105.2 cm (neatline)
60.2 x 106.3 cm (image)
cropped (platemark)
61.3 x 109.0 cm (sheet)
Printed title:
5.e P. [top right, above edge of border]
Annotations:
George III heading: Rhine 1674, 1675.
Other annotations: none.
George III catalogue entry:
Rhine Carte topographique du Cours du Rhin depuis Basle jusqu’a Mayence, sur laquelle on a tracé les mouvements et les positions des Armées Francoises et Allemandes pendant les campagnes de 1674 et 1675: par le Chev.er de Beaurain. 6 feuilles.
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