
Maps, views and diagrams of military reviews and encampments
Czerniaków and Warsaw, 1732 (Czerniaków, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland) 52°11ʹ37ʺN 21°03ʹ35ʺE; (Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland) 52°13ʹ47ʺN 21°00ʹ42ʺE
1732 or laterPencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper | 15.1 x 18.8 cm (image) | RCIN 727038.l
The manoeuvres were held in the area which is now covered by the south-eastern suburbs of Warsaw in the vicinity of Mokotów (52°11ʹ36ʺN 21°02ʹ06ʺE), Sielce (52°12ʹ05ʺN 21°01ʹ54ʺE) and Czerniaków. A pavilion was constructed to house the spectators and to provide quarters for the king; the nobility and staff were allocated tents to the rear. The view from the pavilion, which was set in the grounds of present-day Park Arkadia, would have extended eastwards over the exercise ground, towards the lake (present-day Jezioro Czerniakowskie), beyond which was the ‘Place d'Exercice’ and the first rendezvous encampment of the army. Further tents to house the king during the manoeuvres were erected towards the middle of the exercise area.
See RCINs 727038.a-bw.
Condition: no fold lines.
Anonymous (cartographer)
Subject(s)
Augustus II the Strong, King of Poland and Elector of Saxony (1670-1733)Army-PolandArmy-SaxonyWatermark: Cropped: possibly the countermark IV
Condition: no fold lines
15.1 x 18.8 cm (image)
19.3 x 23.2 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
3. Plan pour le jour de l’Exercice de l’Infanterie sous C. qvi demontre comme / des 3. Colonnes les Demies Divisions par conversion refornient leurs / Battaillons et font la figure pour faire les maniements d’armes. [across bottom, in title panel]
George III catalogue entry:
Warsaw 74 Plans dessinés des Exercises et Mouvements Militaires executés aupres de Varsovie en 1732. 4.to oblong.
Subject(s)
Czerniaków, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland (52°11ʹ37ʺN 21°03ʹ35ʺE)
Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland (52°13ʹ47ʺN 21°00ʹ42ʺE)
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