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French Revolutionary Wars (1792-1802)

Maps and prints of naval engagements collected by George III during the decade of war

A GERGENS (ACTIVE 1795)

Map of Mainz, 1795 (Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany) 49°59'03"N 08°16'44"E

1795 or later

Etching and engraving; printed on paper; hand coloured | Scale: 1:11,000 approx. | RCIN 735035

A map of the allied positions and field fortifications to the north-west of Mainz during the taking of the Hartenberg by the allies on 30 April 1795. French Revolutionary Wars (1792-1802): War of the First Coalition (1792-8). Oriented with north-west to top.

The heights of Hartenberg lay a short distance to the north-west of Mainz, in the area now known as Mombach and Gonsenheim. On 30 April, the Prussian Feldzug Marschall Leopold Alexander Reichsgraf und Graf von Wartensleben (1745-1822) ordered his troops to expel the French from this area.

Dedication: [top, outside border:] Seiner Erzbischöflichen Gnaden dem Hochwürdigsten Herrn Coadjutor Carl Theodor Anton Maria Erzbischof zu Tarsus p.p. meinem gnaedigtsen Herrn unterthaenigst gewidmet

Additional text: [right, below title, down right side of map, a descriptive key, a-i, k-u, w, aa-hh, kk-mm, to the positions and movements of the troops:] Erklaerung.

Condition: two fold lines.
  • A Gergens (active 1795) (cartographer) [bottom right, inside neatline:] Aufgenom[m]en ū Gezeichnet von A. Gergens.

    Franz Cöntgen (active 1795) (engraver) [bottom right, below edge of border:] Gestochen v:Franz Cöntgen in Mainz.

    Johann Daniel Knoopischen (active 1795) (publisher) [bottom centre, below border:] im Verlage der Johann Daniel Knoopischen Buchhandlung in Frankfurt am Maÿn.

    Carl Theodor Anton Maria von Dalberg (1744-1817) (dedicatee)

  • Watermark: Dutch lion holding, in left paw, a stake on which is balanced a hat, in right paw a bunch of arrows, standing on a plinth on which is written ‘VRIHEIT’; all in double circle in which appear the words ‘PRO PATRIA EIUSQUE LIBERTATE’; a crown above. Countermark: I HONIG / & ZONEN

    Condition: two fold lines

  • Scale: 1:11,000 approx. Scale bar: [136 mm =] 800 Klafter.

    31.6 x 47.4 cm (neatline)

    34.4 x 47.9 cm (image)

    34.7 x 49.9 cm (platemark)

    37.0 x 52.6 cm (sheet)

  • Printed title:

    Plan / der Eroberung des Hartenburgs unter Anführung des K: / K: General F: Z: M: Grafen von Wartensleben Excellenze am 30ten April 1795. [top right]

    Dedication:

    [top, outside border:] Seiner Erzbischöflichen Gnaden dem Hochwürdigsten Herrn Coadjutor Carl Theodor Anton Maria Erzbischof zu Tarsus p.p. meinem gnaedigtsen Herrn unterthaenigst gewidmet

    Additional text:

    [right, below title, down right side of map, a descriptive key, a-i, k-u, w, aa-hh, kk-mm, to the positions and movements of the troops:] Erklaerung.

    Annotations:

    George III heading: Hartenbergs 30 April 1795.

    Other annotations: none.

    George III catalogue entry:

    Hartenbergs Plan der eroberung des Hartenbergs unter anfuhrung des General Grafen von Wartensleben am 30.ten April 1795: von A. Gergens, im verlage der I.D. Knoopischen.

  • Subject(s)

    Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany (49°59'03"N 08°16'44"E)

Page revisions

  • 25 May 2024