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Ottoman-Habsburg Wars (1521-1791)

Images from eight wars fought between 1570 and 1718

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Siege of Stuhlweissenberg, 1601 (Székesfehérvár [Alba Regale], Fejér, Hungary) 47°11ʹ23ʺN 18°24ʹ37ʺE

1601 or later

Letterpress text on two pieces of paper; mounted on paper (Mount Type B); gilt edges top and right | 53.2 x 38.5 cm (mount) | RCIN 721118.b

Letterpress explanatory accompanying text to RCIN 721118.a. Ottoman-Habsburg Wars: The Long War (1591/3-1606).

Two pieces of text on one sheet.

  • Anonymous (printmaker)

    Subject(s)

    Army-Habsburg
    Army-Ottoman Empire
  • Watermark: None on text. Mount: Five-tined crown with six-pointed star above.

    Condition: one fold line; pressure marks from the mounts of items which were kept above and below this print in a different collection are present on the recto and verso

  • 8.2 x 30.7 cm (first sheet)

    8.3 x 18.4 cm (second sheet)

    53.2 x 38.5 cm (mount)

  • Printed title:

    No title. Text begins:

    [1] CETTE IOVRNEE REPRESENTE LESCARMOVCHE CONTINVEE VN OVR ENTIER EN- | tre l’Armee Chrestienne & la Turquesque, & le furieux combat ou furent tuez plusieurs Bachas.

    [2] [A key, A-I, L-T, V, X:] CHEFS ET TROVPES DES CHRESTIENS. [key, 1-18:] CHEFS DES TVRCS ET LEVRS TROVPES.

    Annotations:

    George III heading: Stuhl Weissenburg 15.th Oct.r 1601.

    Other annotations: (Recto) [top right, black pencil:] 1600. (Verso) [bottom left, erased:] I/103-h.

  • Subject(s)

    Székesfehérvár [Alba Regale], Fejér, Hungary (47°11ʹ23ʺN 18°24ʹ37ʺE)

  • 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. 2787, 2788

Page revisions

  • 23 May 2024