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Ottoman-Habsburg Wars (1521-1791)

Images from eight wars fought between 1570 and 1718

    ELIZABETH VERSEYL (D. 1726)

    Map of Belgrade, Peterwardein and Temeswar, 1716 (Belgrade, Central Serbia, Serbia) 44°48'14"N 20°27'54"E; (Petrovaradin, Autonomna Pokrajina Vojvodina, Serbia) 45°14ʹ48ʺN 19°52ʹ46ʺE; (Timişoara, Timiş, Romania) 45°45ʹ13ʺN 21°13ʹ33

    1716 or later

    Etching and engraving; printed on paper | Scale: not stated. 1:933,000 approx. | RCIN 727006

    A map of the country round Belgrade showing the battle of Peterwardein, fought on 5 August 1716 between the Imperial (Habsburg Austrian) army, commanded by Prince Eugène of Savoy (1663-1736), and the Turks, commanded by General Silahdar Damat Ali Pasha (1667-1716), resulting in an Imperial victory. Austro-Turkish War (1716-18). Oriented with north to top.

    A piece measuring 11.9 x 20.7 cm, apparently from an up-dated map, has been pasted over the area from Peter Wardein to Belgrade showing the siege of Belgrade that is not on the underlying map.

    Condition: one fold line; some foxing; trimmed in the late eighteenth/early nineteenth century?; top left, a long tear, 11.5 cm. Verso: water-stained patch from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label, some ghosting from the label: VOL. II / [34]?

    • Elizabeth Verseyl (d. 1726) (publisher) [top centre, between the two title:] by de Weed.e Nic. Visscher met Privilege.

      Subject(s)

      Army-Austria
      Army-Turkey

    • Watermark: None visible

      Condition: one fold line; some foxing; trimmed in the late eighteenth/early nineteenth century?; top left, a long tear, 11.5 cm. Verso: water-stained patch from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label, some ghosting from the label: VOL. II / [34]

    • Scale: not stated. 1:933,000 approx.

      26.3 x 48.2 cm (neatline)

      29.4 x 49.9 cm (image)

      30.2 x 50.6 cm (platemark)

      31.8 x 51.6 cm (sheet)

    • Printed title:

      Carte Particuliere du Pays de Belgrado, Temeswar, et Peterwaradyn, / ou la Battaille c’est, Faite entre l’Armée de l’Empereur, et le Grand Turc le 5 Aoust 1716. // Accurate Kaart van ‘t Land Belgrado, Temeswar, en Peterwardein, / alwaar de Batalje is voorgevallen tussen de Keyser en Groote Turck den 5 Augusti 1716. [top, above map, in two rectangular panels, in French and Dutch]

      Annotations:

      George III heading: Battle of Peter Wardein 5 August 1716.

      Other annotations: (Recto) [top right, black pencil:] 22. (Verso) [bottom left, black pencil:] 31; [bottom left, black pencil, crossed out in black pencil:] 143; [bottom right, black pencil:] 1716; [bottom right, ink:] E; [bottom right, underneath ink, black pencil:] 3; [bottom centre, a pencil inscription, cropped and illegible]; [centre, red pencil:] 31.

      George III catalogue entry:

      Peter Wardein Carte particuliere du Pays de Belgrade, Temeswar, et Peterwaradyn où la Bataille s’est donnée entre l’Armée de l’Empereur et le Grand Turc le 5 Aoust 1716: chez Visscher.

    • Subject(s)

      Belgrade, Central Serbia, Serbia (44°48'14"N 20°27'54"E)

      Petrovaradin, Autonomna Pokrajina Vojvodina, Serbia (45°14ʹ48ʺN 19°52ʹ46ʺE)

      Timişoara, Timiş, Romania (45°45ʹ13ʺN 21°13ʹ33)

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