Napoleonic Wars (1803-15)
Views of naval engagements and maps of battles
Battle of Aspern, 1809
2.tes Blat / der / SCHLACHT bei ASPERN
1809 or laterEtching and engraving; printed on paper; hand coloured | Scale: 1:23,500 approx. | RCIN 735147.b
This is the second of three maps showing the different dispositions of the armies at the Battle of Aspern. The first map is at RCIN 735147.a, and the third is at RCIN 735147.c. They were originally contained in an early nineteenth-century buff rag paper folder on which is written, bottom left of front cover, the old heading.
Additional text: [left and right, down left and right sides of map, outside map border, a key, A-I, K-P, R-T, V-W, Y-Z, to the different troop positions on the map and a brief description of the action.]
Condition: no fold lines; unevenly trimmed; some brown discolouration.
? Karl Timlich (1744-1825) (engraver)
Watermark: Crowned lion rampant with sword in one paw and short spears in the other
Condition: no fold lines; unevenly trimmed; some brown discolouration
Scale: 1:23,500 approx. Scale bar: [116 mm =] 1500 Wiener Klaftern.
19.7 x 23.1 cm (neatline)
19.7 x 34.7 cm (image)
21.2 x 35.1 cm (platemark)
26.4 x 40.5 cm (sheet)
Printed title:
2.tes Blat / der / SCHLACHT bei ASPERN [top left, outside map border]
Additional text:
[left and right, down left and right sides of map, outside map border, a key, A-I, K-P, R-T, V-W, Y-Z, to the different troop positions on the map and a brief description of the action.]
Annotations:
George III heading: Battle of Aspern 21 May 1809.
Other annotations: none.
George III catalogue entry:
Aspern Three Plans of the different positions of the French and Austrian Armies on the Battle of Aspern near Vienna, on the 21.st of May 1809: engraved by Timlich.
Subject(s)
Aspern, Vienna, Austria (48°13'05"N 16°28'59"E)
Page revisions
14 March 2024
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