Der von denen Turcken erbaute von denen Keyserlichern aber wiederum um Monat Iuny Anno 1687 ruinirte Damm bey Esseck
Summary
Print shows a birdseye view of an encampment on the banks of the Drava river. The city of Esseck (present day Osijek in Croatia) in flames is visible across the river. Includes farmers gathering bundles of straw next to a hay wagon, another wagons hauling a barrel, tents, people on horseback, people cooking over a fire and the bones of an animal in the foreground. The explosion of the dike along the river is seen in the center of the print.
Title from caption at top of print.
Print signed: "Azelt. Sc.".
Reference copy in LOT 4601, no. 135.
Illustration in: Hauslab Album, plate 135.
Original album; Purchase; 1950.
Formerly: PR13 CN1950:R01. Originals were housed in blind-tooled morocco album 11 x 17 in. Original binding in P&P Suppl. Archives.
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