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Plan of Übigau (Übigau, Saxony, Germany) 51°04'18"N 13°41'25"E c.1753
Etching; printed on paper; hand-coloured | Scale: 1:10,760 approx. Scale bar: [21 mm =] 60 Ruth[en]. (scale) | RCIN 731048.d
CS Berggold (active 1753)
Master: Ubigau, 1753 (Ubigau, Saxony, Germany) 51?04'18"N 13?41'25"E Item: Plan of Ubigau (Ubigau, Saxony, Germany) 51?04'18"N 13?41'25"E c.1753
CS Berggold (active 1753)
Master: Ubigau, 1753 (Ubigau, Saxony, Germany) 51?04'18"N 13?41'25"E Item: Plan of Ubigau (Ubigau, Saxony, Germany) 51?04'18"N 13?41'25"E c.1753
CS Berggold (active 1753)
Master: Ubigau, 1753 (Ubigau, Saxony, Germany) 51?04'18"N 13?41'25"E Item: Plan of Ubigau (Ubigau, Saxony, Germany) 51?04'18"N 13?41'25"E c.1753
CS Berggold (active 1753)
Master: Ubigau, 1753 (Ubigau, Saxony, Germany) 51?04'18"N 13?41'25"E Item: Plan of Ubigau (Ubigau, Saxony, Germany) 51?04'18"N 13?41'25"E c.1753
CS Berggold (active 1753)
Master: Ubigau, 1753 (Ubigau, Saxony, Germany) 51?04'18"N 13?41'25"E Item: Plan of Ubigau (Ubigau, Saxony, Germany) 51?04'18"N 13?41'25"E c.1753
CS Berggold (active 1753)
Master: Ubigau, 1753 (Ubigau, Saxony, Germany) 51?04'18"N 13?41'25"E Item: Plan of Ubigau (Ubigau, Saxony, Germany) 51?04'18"N 13?41'25"E c.1753
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A map showing military exercises of cavalry, with five flaps showing different troop positions.
One of a set of seven plans of the manoeuvres carried out by the Polish and Saxon army at Übigau in June 1753. These manoeuvres were carried out in the presence of Maria Josepha of Austria (1699-1757), wife of Augustus III of Poland (1696-1763; who was also, as Frederick Augustus II, Elector of Saxony from 1733 to 1763) and the royal family. See also RCINs 731048.a-c, e-g.
Condition: flat, no fold lines.Provenance
Probably from the collection of military and naval maps and prints formed by Prince William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland (1721-65), third son of George II; subsequently acquired by George III (1738-1820)
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Creator(s)
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Medium and techniques
Etching; printed on paper; hand-coloured
Measurements
Scale: 1:10,760 approx. Scale bar: [21 mm =] 60 Ruth[en]. (scale)
20.8 x 30.3 cm (image)
23.0 x 32.4 cm (platemark)
33.1 x 46.1 cm (sheet) (whole object)
Markings
watermark: Countermark: IV
annotation: None
Alternative title(s)
TAG / DER EXERCITIEN / VON DER / CAVALLERIE
Order of Battle An Order of Battle and six Plans of the different Exercises and Military Movements executed by the Army of the King of Poland at Ubigau near Dresden in June 1753: by Lieut. Berggold Ing.r
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