Smolensk, 1633 (Smolensk, Russia) 54°46ʹ54ʺN 32°02ʹ24ʺE

published 1635

Letterpress text on two sheets on paper; mounted on paper (Mount Type A) | 12.2 x 36.2 cm (image and sheet of top text) | RCIN 722074.d

Accompanying text to the view of Smolensk at RCIN 722074.a. Smolensk War (1632-1634). See also RCINs 722074.b and c.

Willem Janszoon Blaeu (1571-1638) (publisher)

Andreas Hünefeldt (1581-1666) (print seller)

Subject(s)

Army-Poland

Army-Russia

Władysław IV, King of Poland and Tsar of Russia (1595-1648)
Text: uncertain, cropped: a pot with the letters WSB, three flowers coming out of pot. Mount: cropped, a kneeling figure in shield.

Condition: text: both panels creased, each with a single tear which occured before mounting; no gilt edges
12.2 x 36.2 cm (image and sheet of top text)

11.9 x 36.1 cm (image and sheet of bottom text)

35.0 x 47.7 cm (mount)
Printed title:

Explicatio præcipuarum rerum, locorum & / operum in hac figura. [letterpress key to the letters and numbers on RCIN 722074.a]

Annotations:

George III heading: Smolensk 1633.

Other annotations: none.

George III catalogue entry:

Smolensk Expugnatio Exercitus Muscovitici Obsidione prementis Urbem Smolenskum ductu Vladislai IV Poloniæ et Sueciæ Regis A.o 1633: per Adolphum Boy, incisa a Salomon Savery, apud G. Blaeu et A. Hunefeldt. 4 tab. cum Descriptione, 1635.
Subject(s)
Smolensk, Russia (54°46ʹ54ʺN 32°02ʹ24ʺE)
Bibliographic reference(s)
M. McDonald, The Print Collection of Cassiano dal Pozzo. Part II, Architecture, Topography and Military Maps, 3 vols, London 2019, cat. no 2951, 2952