The Seven Years War (1756-63)
Manuscript and printed maps and views, correspondence and journals from the first global war
View of Prague, 1757 (Prague, Hlavní Mesto Praha, Czech Republic) 50°05'16"N 14°25'14"E
c.1758Etching and engraving; printed on paper | 32.7 x 44.5 cm (image) | RCIN 732016
Looking north up the River Moldau with, in the left foreground, a group of artillery officers with a plan of the fortress and a protractor, working out the optimum angle of shot for the heavy mortars, manned by grenadiers, just behind them.
Condition: no fold lines.
Peter Paul Benazech (c. 1730-1798) (engraver) [bottom right, right of title, engraver:] P. Benazech Sculp.
Thomas Bowles (9 December 1688-8 April 1767) (publisher)
John Bowles (22 April 1701-79) (publisher)
H Parker and E Bakewell : in Cornhill (publisher)
Robert Sayer (1725?-29 January 1794) (publisher)
Thomas Jefferys (c. 1719-71) (publisher) [bottom, below text:] Printed for Hen. Parker & Eliz. Bakewell opposite Birchin Lane in Cornhill, John Bowles & Son, at the Black Horse in Cornhill, T. Bowles in S.t Pauls-Church-Yard, Tho.s Jefferys at Charing Cross, & Rob.t Sayer at the Golden Buck in Fleet Street.
Subject(s)
Army-AustriaArmy-PrussiaWatermark: None visible
Condition: no fold lines
29.0 x 43.9 cm (neatline)
32.7 x 44.5 cm (image)
34.2 x 47.6 cm (platemark)
36.3 x 49.5 cm (sheet)
Printed title:
The Bombardement of Prague, the Capital of Bohemia, in the Night between the 29.th and 30.th of May 1757, by the Prussian Army commanded by the King and Marshal Keith. [below view, engraved text]
Annotations:
George III heading: Prague 29 - 30 May 1757.
Other annotations: none.
George III catalogue entry:
Prague A view of the Bombardment of Prague in the night between the 29th and 30th of May 1757, by the Prussian Army commanded by the King and Marshal Keith: engraved by P. Benazech, and published by Bowles.
Subject(s)
Prague, Hlavní Mesto Praha, Czech Republic (50°05'16"N 14°25'14"E)
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23 May 2024
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