print
- Museum number
- Sheepshanks.4466
- Title
- Object: Accurata Delineatio Praelii Hochstetensis (The Battle near Hochstaedt)
- Description
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The Battle of Blenheim. Scene of the battle-field between the Grand Alliance forces (led by Duke of Marlborough and Prince Eugene of Savoy) on the one side and Bavarian and French troops (commanded by Maximilian II Emanuel and Duc de Tallard) on the other side, showing numerous lined up regiments and different stages of the battle, hills and cities in the background; letters A-E and numbers 1-12 indicating different persons and stages of the battle in the composition, explained in a Latin key in the lower margin. 1704
Etching
- Production date
- 1704 (c.)
- Dimensions
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Height: 487 millimetres
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Width: 586 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- This is second state with publisher's address, for first state see S.4465. Weigel describes this print as part of a series showing military scenes (see S.4459-4464)
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated events
- Associated Event: Battle near Hochstaedt/Blenheim (between Austrian-English and French-Bavarian army) 13 August 1704
- Acquisition date
- 1836
- Acquisition notes
- For the history of the acquisition of the Sheepshanks collection, please see Sheepshanks.1
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- Sheepshanks.4466
- Additional IDs
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Other BM number: S.4466