Ottoman-Habsburg Wars (1521-1791)
Images from eight wars fought between 1570 and 1718
Siege of Stuhlweissenberg, 1601 (Székesfehérvár [Alba Regale], Fejér, Hungary) 47°11ʹ23ʺN 18°24ʹ37ʺE
1601 or laterLetterpress text in two pieces; printed on paper; mounted on paper (Mount Type B); gilt edges top, right and bottom | 53.6 x 39.1 cm (mount) | RCIN 721116.b
Letterpress explanatory text to RCIN 721116.a. Ottoman-Habsburg Wars: The Long War (1591/3-1606).
Two pieces of letterpress text on mount.
Anonymous (printmaker)
Subject(s)
Army-HabsburgWatermark: None on text or mount
Condition: one fold line; pressure marks from the mounts of items which were kept above and below this print in a different collection are present on the recto and verso
9.6 x 34.2 cm (first sheet)
9.2 x 15.8 cm (second sheet)
53.6 x 39.1 cm (mount)
Printed title:
No title. Text begins:
[1] SIEGE DE LA VILLE D’ALBEREGALLE EN HONGRIE AVEC LA PRISE D’ICELLE FAITE LE VINGT-TIESME IOVR DE / Septembre 1601. par Monseigneur le Duc de Mercœur, Lieutenant General de l’Empereur.
[2] [A key, A-E, G-I, L-T, V, X:] Description du siege d’Alberegalle.
Annotations:
George III heading: Stuhl Weissenburg 20.th Sep.r 1601.
Other annotations: (Recto) [top right, black pencil:] 1601; [the dates within the main text are underlined in black pencil, probably by George III’s librarians.]. (Verso) none.
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.
Subject(s)
Székesfehérvár [Alba Regale], Fejér, Hungary (47°11ʹ23ʺN 18°24ʹ37ʺE)
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. 2781-2782
Page revisions
23 May 2024
Current version