Thirty Years War (1618-48)
Maps, prints and letterpress text covering the major battles and sieges of the war
View of the Battle of Klein-Gerau, 1622 (Klein-Gerau, Hesse, Germany) 49°55ʹ12ʺN 08°31ʹ19ʺE; (Höchst, Hesse, Germany) 50°05ʹ45ʺN 08°32ʹ19ʺE
1622 or laterEtching and engraving; printed on paper; mounted on paper (Mount Type B) | 17.4 x 29.8 cm (image and neatline) | RCIN 722005
A middle-high oblique view of the events before, during and after the Battle of Höchst, fought on 20 June 1622 (N.S.) between the catholic forces of the Holy Roman Empire, commanded by the Dutch Field Marshal John Tserclaes, Count of Tilly (February 1559-30 April 1632), against a Protestant army led by Christian the Younger of Brunswick (20 September 1599-16 June 1626), resulting in a royalist victory. Thirty Years War (1618-48). Oriented with east to top.
The manuscript text at the top of the map may have been copied from printed text (either engraved or letterpress) relating to the engraved letters on the map. Tilly's name is mentioned in reference to his foot soldiers and cavalry which are shown in the view the marauding forces of Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld (c.1580-29 November 1626), who, fighting here in the Rhenish Palatinate on the side of Frederick V ravaged the area.
Anonymous (printmaker)
Watermark: Sword with trefoil; countermark: a crown?
Condition: four fold lines; considerable brown discolouration and staining. Pressure marks from the mounts of items which were kept below this print in a different collection are present on the verso
17.4 x 29.8 cm (image and neatline)
cropped (platemark)
19.9 x 30.5 cm (sheet)
22.9 x 35.8 cm (mount)
Printed title:
Die bluttigen Nitterlag des Manßfeldt im Gerawen. Ao. 1622. / von 9. biß auff 12 iunÿ. [top right]
Annotations:
George III heading: Gerau 1622.
Other annotations: (Recto) [across top of print, in seventeenth century? hand, ink, in Latin, an alphabetical key, A-H, to the engraved/etched letters on the print.] (Verso) [top, left of centre, across mount and print, red pencil:] 1/129 [and, black pencil:] I/133; [top right, on mount, black pencil, erased:] Gerawen.
George III catalogue entry:
Gerau Die bluttigen Nitterlag des Mansfeldt im Gerawen, 1622 von 9 bis auff 12 Juny.
Subject(s)
Klein-Gerau, Hesse, Germany (49°55ʹ12ʺN 08°31ʹ19ʺE)
Höchst, Hesse, Germany (50°05ʹ45ʺN 08°32ʹ19ʺE)
Bibliographic reference(s)
Mark McDonald, The Print Collection of Cassiano dal Pozzo. Part II, Architecture, Topography and Military Maps, 3 vols, London 2019. 2840
Page revisions
25 May 2024
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