Miscellaneous
Maps, views and diagrams of military reviews and encampments
Map of Berlin, 1728 (Berlin, Stadt Berlin, Germany) 52°31'27"N 13°24'37"E
1728 or laterPencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper | Scale: not stated. 1:32,000 approx. | RCIN 727026.a
The Polish king had paid a return state visit to Prussia between 26 May and 13 June 1728. During the visit, military reviews were held on 27 and 31 May, 2 June, with further military exercises on 5 June. It is not known to which date this map applies.
The review took place in an area which now forms the southern suburbs of Berlin, centred on Tempelhof (52°28ʹ00ʺN 13°24ʹ00ʺE) and extending from Schönberg (52°29ʹ02ʺN 13°20ʹ52ʺE) in the north-west to Tripto (Alt-Treptow 52°29ʹ19ʺN 13°27ʹ31ʺE) in the north-east, and from Lichterfeldt (Lichterfelde 52°36ʹ00ʺN 13°18ʹ27ʺE) and Steglitz (52°27ʹ22ʺN 13°19ʹ55ʺE) in the west to Britz (52°26ʹ35ʺN 13°26ʹ02ʺE) in the south-east.
Additional text: [bottom, below map, in rectangular panel, a key, A-I, K-P, to the named regiments marked on the map.]
Condition: no fold lines. Verso: surface dirt.
Janson (active 1716-28) (draughtsman) [bottom left, inside neatline:] Janson [followed by illegible flourish]
Subject(s)
Army-PrussiaWatermark: Countermark: IV
Mark, stamped: 172
Condition: no fold lines. Verso: surface dirt
Scale: not stated. 1:32,000 approx.
38.3 x 31.2 cm (neatline)
46.0 x 33.5 cm (image)
47.2 x 34.5 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
KÖNIGLICHE PREUSSISCHE GENERAL ,, REVUE / VON 20, ESQUADR, ET 20, BATTAILLONS / WELCHE 1728 IM GESICHT BEŸ DER / KÖNIGLICHE MAIES IHRO KÖNIGLICH / MAIESTÆTEN IN POHLEN UND / PREUSSEN VOR BERLIN IST / GEHALTEN WORDEN. [bottom left, in ornate rococo cartouche surmounted by the Prussian eagle (holding in its beak a gorget on which is drawn a shield with a monogram flanked by flags and cannon) flanked by flags, cannon and halberds, with a mortar bomb below]
Additional text:
[bottom, below map, in rectangular panel, a key, A-I, K-P, to the named regiments marked on the map.]
Annotations:
George III heading: Berlin 1728. Other annotations: none.
George III catalogue entry:
Berlin Konigliche Preussische general Revue von 20 Esq. et 20 Bat. welche 1728 im gesicht bey der Konigliche Majes. Ihro Koniglich Majestæten in Pohlen und Preussen vor Berlin ist gehalten worden: von Janson. drawn.
Subject(s)
Berlin, Stadt Berlin, Germany (52°31'27"N 13°24'37"E)
Bibliographic reference(s)
M. Cassidy-Geiger, ‘Meissen porcelain for Sophie Dorothea of Prussia and the exchange of visits between the King of Poland and the King of Prussia in 1728’, Metropolitan Museum Journal (2002) 37:133-166
J. A. Rüdiger (publisher), Das frolockende Berlin, Oder Historische Nachricht Dererjenigen öffentlichen Freudens-Bezeigungen und sinnreichen Illuminationen, Die bey hoher Anwesenheit Ihro Königl. Majestät in Pohlen, Und Dero Konigl. Printzens Hoheit Daselbst angestellt worden, Nebst einem Anhange aller auf diese fröhliche Begebenheit verfertiger Gedichte, Berlin 1728
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