Ottoman-Habsburg Wars (1521-1791)
Images from eight wars fought between 1570 and 1718
Siege of Temeswar, 1716
PLAN / VON DER BELAGERUNG / DER VESTUNG TEMESWAR / in Ungarn den 1. Sept. Aō: 1716
1716 or laterPencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper | Scale: not stated. 1:10,000 approx. | RCIN 727008
The map shows the trenches and line of circumvallation and positions of the encamped Imperial army but does not name the regiments. Principal routes are named and a distinction is made, by use of symbols and colour, between cultivated land, dry grassland with trees and marshy areas.
Additional text: [bottom left, below title, in title cartouche, a key, A-G, to the town, Turkish fortified camp, the Serbian or South Slav part of the town, castle, garden double parallel, and batteries.
Condition: one fold line. Verso: induced discolouration; surface dirt; some foxing.
Janson (active 1716-28) (draughtsman) [bottom left, inside neatline:] Janson pp
Watermark: Fleur-de-lys, countermark: IV
Mark, stamped: 160
Condition: one fold line. Verso: induced discolouration; surface dirt; some foxing
Scale: not stated. 1:10,000 approx.
38.7 x 57.8 cm (neatline)
41.1 x 60.1 cm (image)
44.3 x 63.4 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
PLAN / VON DER BELAGERUNG / DER VESTUNG TEMESWAR / in Ungarn den 1. Sept. Aō: 1716. [bottom left, in cartouche representing a scroll]
Additional text:
[bottom left, below title, in title cartouche, a key, A-G, to the town, Turkish fortified camp, the Serbian or South Slav part of the town, castle, garden double parallel, and batteries.
Annotations:
George III heading: Temeswar 1 Sept.r - 12 Oct.r 1716.
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [top right, black pencil:] F N.o 5; [bottom right, red pencil:] 6/15; [bottom centre, black pencil, erased:] VII/4.
George III catalogue entry:
Temeswar Plan von der Belagerung der Vestung Temeswar in Ungarn den 1 Sep. 1716: von Janson. drawn.
Subject(s)
Timişoara, Timiş Romania (45°45ʹ13ʺN 21°13ʹ33ʺE)
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