Russo-Turkish Wars
The wars of 1735–9, 1768–74 and 1787–92
Tighina, 1789
CARTE / der / Festung / BENDER / 1789
c.1790Etching with letterpress text printed on the same sheet of paper; hand-coloured | Scale: 1:59,500 approx. | RCIN 734104.3.o
This is one of fifteen numbered maps and views published by Trattnern relating to the Russo-Turkish War. See RCINs 734104.3.a-n.
Inset: [top right, on a trompe l'oeil scroll, a small-scale map showing the position of Bender in relation to the surrounding towns, and the conquest of the Russians over the Turks:] Sieg der Russ: Kais: Truppen über die Türken bei Gangura.
Additional text: [bottom, below map, a key, A- F, to the movements of the Russian troops under the command of General Kaminsky (Kamenskoy) in overrunning the Turks on 20 December near Gangura and Salkuza, and to the citadel of Bender. Bottom, below engraved text, in French letterpress, the same key.]
Condition: flat, no fold lines.
Johann Thomas von Trattnern (1717-98) (publisher) [bottom right, below engraved text:] Wien bey T.E. v’ Trattnern K.K. Buch.
Watermark: A crown, I.T.E.V.T. below
Condition: flat, no fold lines
Scale: 1:59,500 approx. Scale bar [inset only]: [38 mm =] 3 Meile.
17.2 x 22.5 cm (neatline)
22.5 x 23.2 cm (image)
21.0 x 25.6 cm (platemark)
27.1 x 36.1 cm (sheet)
Printed title:
CARTE / der / Festung / BENDER / 1789. [bottom right, in a vignette depicting a tent outside which stands a Russian solder tending a campfire over which is suspended a caldron, with two cossacks sitting, one smoking a long pipe]
Printed title:
N: XV. [top right, above edge of border]
Inset:
[top right, on a trompe l'oeil scroll, a small-scale map showing the position of Bender in relation to the surrounding towns, and the conquest of the Russians over the Turks:] Sieg der Russ: Kais: Truppen über die Türken bei Gangura.
Additional text:
[bottom, below map, a key, A- F, to the movements of the Russian troops under the command of General Kaminsky (Kamenskoy) in overrunning the Turks on 20 December near Gangura and Salkuza, and to the citadel of Bender. Bottom, below engraved text, in French letterpress, the same key.]
Annotations:
None
George III catalogue entry:
Turky Fifteen Plans of the Operations of the War in Turky between the Russians and Austrians and the Turks, from the 1.st of Oct.r 1787 to the 20.th of Dec.r 1788: by T.E. v. Trattnern.
Subject(s)
Tighina, Bender, Moldova (46°49'50"N 29°28'16"E)
Page revisions
14 March 2024
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