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Russo-Turkish Wars

The wars of 1735–9, 1768–74 and 1787–92

JAKOB VAN DER SCHLEY (1715-79)

Map of Choczim, 1769 (Khotyn, Chernivets'ka, Ukraine) 48°30'24"N 26°29'28"

1773

Etching and engraving; printed from one copperplate on two pieces of paper, joined; hand coloured | Scale: 1:42,600 approx. | RCIN 733072.g

A map of the area around Choczim showing the operations of the Russian army after their second crossing of the River Dniestr, July to September, 1769. Russo-Turkish War (1768-74). Oriented with east to top.

The geographical area covered extends from Krouglifzy (Khodorivtsi 48°35'52"N 26°31'26"E) in the north to Bourg Doljck (Dolynyany, or Dolinen 48°24'25"N 26°25'47"E) in the south, and from a position about 5 miles (about 8 km) west of Choczim to a position about 2 miles (about 3.2 km) east of the town.

Additional text: [bottom left, in rococo cartouche, a key, A-I, K-U, W-Z, a-e, to the geographical features, camps, attacks, troops positions, batteries and redoubts:] EXPLICATION.

Map no. VII in: Histoire de la Guerre entre la Russie et la Turquie, et particulièrement de la campagne de 1769 by Louis Félix Guinement de Keralio, with notes by Prince A.M. Golitsuin, St Petersbourg, 1773. See RCINs 733072.a-f, h-i for the other maps.

Condition: seven fold lines; creased; induced discolouration.
  • Jakob van der Schley (1715-79) (engraver) [bottom left, below border:] J. V. Schleÿ Sculp. direx.

    ? Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg (publisher)

    Subject(s)

    Army-Russia
    Army-Turkey
  • Watermark: Strasburg bend and lily, indistinct device below; countermark: three words/names, one above the other: TOH[?A] S [or ampersand] / FIN / DANGOUMOIS

    Condition: seven fold lines; creased; induced discolouration

  • Scale: 1:42,600 approx. Scale bar: Echelle de 3 Werstes. [75 mm =].

    48.4 x 68.2 cm (neatline)

    49.9 x 68.7 cm (image)

    cropped left and top (platemark)

    50.3 x 69.9 cm (sheet)

  • Printed title:

    PLAN / des opérations de l’Armée / Imp.le de Russie autour de CHOCZIM / après son Second passage du Dniestr. [top right, above edge of border:] No. VII. [top right, in rococo cartouche]

    Additional text:

    [bottom left, in rococo cartouche, a key, A-I, K-U, W-Z, a-e, to the geographical features, camps, attacks, troops positions, batteries and redoubts:] EXPLICATION.

    Annotations:

    George III heading: Turky 1769.

    Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [top, left of centre, black pencil, eighteenth-/early nineteenth-century hand:] Theatre.

    George III catalogue entry:

    Turky Nine Plans of the Operations of the War in Turky between the Russians and the Turks in 1769: engraved under the direction of J. v. Schley (These belong to the Histoire de la Guerre entre la Russie et la Turquie et particulierement de la Campagne de 1769. 8.vo (V.5, p.105). [The place mark entry is annotated in early black pencil:] Book not found BM? [A subsequent annotation in black pencil reads:] Lettered a-i, they are in their box. 4-iii 1987 CMB. [By ‘box’ in this context, is meant the old Solander boxes in which the maps were kept before the 1990s.]

  • Subject(s)

    Khotyn, Chernivets'ka, Ukraine (48°30'24"N 26°29'28")

Page revisions

  • 4 June 2024