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Vue pittoresque du theatre du guerre sur le haut Rhin au-dessous de Basle

image © Trustees of the British Museum | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

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Date

c.1762-1817

Artist

Print after Unknown Artist

Collection

Image Link

http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=3306555

Additional Makers

Print maker - Christian von Mechel; Publisher - Christian von Mechel

Description

View of the battle between the Austrians and the French at night: to the left the Fortress of Huningue, in front of which is another military building; survivors of a boat destroyed by the Austrians are rowed across the Rhine, on which is the Bridgehead and an island in the centre of the composition; behind these are explosions from Austrian artillery dotted around the background landscape; in the right mid-ground is the village Baslois, lit up by artillery fire, and in the foreground three groups of onlookers. Etching and aquatint with hand-colouring.

Inscription

Lettered as part of title: “prise à la lueur du feu de l’artillerie et mousqueterie pendant l’attaque de la Tête du Pont d’Huningue dans la nuit du 30. Novemb : au 1. Decemb : 1796. / A. La Fortresse d’Huningue. B. Restes du pont de batteaux detruit par la Batt. Autrich. dite Elisabeth le 28 Novembre 1796. C. La Tête de Pont en avant de la petite Isle des Veaux appellée nouvellement des Cordonniers. D. Batteries Autrichiennes Ao3. 4. 5. 6. 7 et 8. E. Ettlingen village du Margaviat de Bade. F. Le petit Huni

Image Licence

CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Image Credit

image © Trustees of the British Museum

Location

Basel, Switzerland

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Medium

Tags

Military
Forts
Rivers
Battles
Mountains

Category

People & Society

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