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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"E

1773

Etching and engraving; printed on paper; hand coloured | Scale: not stated. 1:38,000 approx. | RCIN 733072.b

A map of the Russian attack on Choczim, 22 July 1769. Russo-Turkish War (1768-74). Oriented with north-east to top. Shows the Russian positions behind (west of) Choczim in an arc from the Dniestr in the north-west.

Map no. II 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, c-i for the other maps.

Condition: eight fold lines. Verso: some offsetting; surface dirt along fold lines; induced discolouration.
  • Jakob van der Schley (1715-79) (engraver) [bottom left, below ege of border:] J. v. Schleÿ S. direc.

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

    Subject(s)

    Army-Russia
  • Watermark: Strasburg bend and lily, indistinct device below; countermark: cropped and indistinct

    Condition: eight fold lines. Verso: some offsetting; surface dirt along fold lines; induced discolouration

  • Scale: not stated. 1:38,000 approx.

    45.3 x 65.1 cm (neatline)

    46.3 x 65.7 cm (image)

    cropped (platemark)

    47.0 x 66.5 cm (sheet)

  • Printed title:

    Affaire du 22 Juillet v : st : 1769. avec quarante mille / Tartares qui étant venus au secours de CHOCZIM, / furent repoussés par l’Armée Russe, aussi bien que la / Sortie des Turcs enfermes dans la Ville. [top right, above edge of border:] N.o II. [top left, in rococo cartouche]

    Annotations:

    George III heading: Turky 1769.

    Other annotations: none.

    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"E)

Page revisions

  • 4 June 2024