Search "" as a keyword...
Filter suggestionsContinue typing to see suggestions...
Napoleonic Wars (1803-15)

Views of naval engagements and maps of battles

[?] VON BOTH (ACTIVE 1807)

Battle of Heilsberg, 1807 (Lidzbark Warmiński, Warmian-Masurian Voivodship, Poland) 54°07'33"N 20°34'46"E

1807 or later

Engraving and etching; printed on paper; hand coloured | Scale: (at RCIN 735135.b) 1:15,700 approx. | RCIN 735135.a

Two irregularly shaped 'papillons' or flaps, each of which show different troop positions. They are engraved on the same plate (RCIN 735135.a), and were intended to be cut out and pasted to RCIN 735135.b.

Condition: one fold line. Verso: induced discolouration.
  • [?] von Both (active 1807) (cartographer and publisher) [top left, below title at RCIN 735135.b:] Aufgenommen und gezeichnet / durch / den Königl. Preuss. Major / von Both / herausgegeben auf Kosten / des Verfassers.

    Johann Carl Richter (1759-1832) (engraver) [bottom right, below edge of border at RCIN 735135.b:] Gestochen von J.C. Richter

    S Schropp & Co (publisher) [bottom centre at RCIN 735135.b:] In Commission bei Simon Schropp & Comp in Berlin.

    Subject(s)

    Army-Russia
    Army-France
  • Watermark: None

    Condition: one fold line. Verso: induced discolouration

  • Scale: (at RCIN 735135.b) 1:15,700 approx. Scale bar: Maasstab von 3000 Schritt [152 mm =].

    44.1 x 56.1 cm (neatline)

    47.4 x 58.2 cm (image)

    50.3 x 62.8 cm (platemark)

    52.2 x 66.4 cm (sheet)

  • Printed title:

    None

    Annotations:

    George III heading: Battle of Heilsberg 10 June 1807.

    Other annotations: none.

    George III catalogue entry:

    Heilsberg Plan de la Bataille de Heilsberg entre les Russes et les Francois donnée le 10 Juin 1807: par le Major de Both, en 2 feuilles, avec un Relation de la Bataille: chez Schropp et Comp. 4.to

  • Subject(s)

    Lidzbark Warmiński, Warmian-Masurian Voivodship, Poland (54°07'33"N 20°34'46"E)

Page revisions

  • 6 June 2024