Siege of Stuhlweissenberg, 1601

Anonymous (printmaker)

Watermark: None on text. Mount: five-tined crown with six-pointed star above

Condition: two fold lines; main text in poor condition – worn and abraded before being mounted; pressure marks from the mounts of items which were kept above and below this map/print in a different collection are present on the recto and verso

7.4 x 31.9 cm (first sheet)

7.4 x 22.2 cm (second sheet)

53.7 x 39.3 cm (mount)

Printed title:

No title: Text begins:

[1] En cette iournée est descrit comment l’armée des Turcs, le 9. d’Octobre, vint pour reprendre la ville | d’Alberegalle & deffaire les Chrestiens.

[2] [A key, A-I, L-S:] Chefs & Troupes des Chrestiens. [Numerical key, 1-11:] Chefs des Turcs, & leurs troupes.

Annotations:

George III heading: Stuhl Weissenburg 9.^th Oct. 1601.

Other annotations: (Recto) [top right, black pencil:] 1600. (Verso) [right, red pencil, indistinct: several numbers?]; [right, black pencil:] I/105; [bottom left, black pencil:] I/102-c.

George III catalogue entry:

Stuhl Weissenburg Siege de la Ville d’Alberegalle en Hongrie, avec la prise d’icelle faite le 20 de Sept.^re 1601 par (les Imperiaux) commandés par) le Duc de Mercœur: avec une Description.

Bibliographic reference(s)

M. McDonald, The Print Collection of Cassiano dal Pozzo. Part II, Architecture, Topography and Military Maps, 3 vols, London 2019, cat. no. 2784-2785