View of Nagikanyzsa, 1600 (Nagykanizsa [Canissa; Kanizsa], Zala, Hungary) 46°27ʹ12ʺN 16°59ʹ27ʺE

Anonymous (printmaker)

Subject(s)

Watermark: None on texts or mount

Condition: one fold line; the upper letterpress sheet is very worn with abrasures and was in poor condition before the item was mounted. Verso: remains of old guard along verso of left edge

8.6 x 32.6 cm (first sheet)

8.3 x 19.2 cm (second sheet)

53.6 x 40.3 cm (mount)

Printed title:

No title. Text of each piece begins:

[1] [Heading:] Cette iournée marque l’ordre gardé depuis peu apres la minuict, iusques sur les deux heures apres midy, en la retraite faite par / l’armée Chrestienne, de deuant la ville de Canise, & le camp des Turcs qui l’assiegeoient.

[2] [A key, A-I, L-P, R; 1-12:] Chefs & troupes des Chresties. Chef des Turcs, & leur / Troupes.

Annotations:

George III heading: Canissa 12-13 Oct. 1600.

Other annotations: (Recto) [top right, black pencil:] 1600. (Verso) [bottom left, black pencil, erased:] I/102-e.

George III catalogue entry:

Canissa Representation of the Retreat of the Imperial Army from the Town of Canissa in the night of the 12.^th and 13.^th of October 1600, and the pursuit of the Turks: with a 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. 2770-2771