Dess Heldenmütigen Printzens Eugenij beglückter Sieg wider die Türcken
Summary
Print shows a birdseye view of a battle scene on a hillside, in the distance are the rivers labeled "Donau" [Danube] and "Sau" [Sava], with the city of Belgrade at the confluence. The figure of Prince Eugene of Savoy on horseback with other generals is preparing to advance down the hill into the battle below. In the distance, on the other side of the Danube river, the city of "Futack" [Futog, Serbia] is identified. Austrian troops under Prince Eugene of Savoy laid siege to Belgrade and wrested control of the city from Ottoman troops in August 1717.
Title from caption in scroll at top of print.
Reference copy in LOT 4601, no. 211.
Illustration in: Hauslab Album, plate 211.
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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