Memorial of European events from the year 1710. Engraving, c. 1722.

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26400i
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Images include medals, scenes of battles, kidnapping, the treatise of Gertrudenburg being signed, James Stanhope being captured at Brihuega, and Whigs and Tories. The central image shows scrolls of births and deaths

Physical description

1 print : line engraving with etching ; platemark 17.8 x 21.2 cm

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Memorabilia A: MDCCX. Gedenckwürdigkeiten des 1710ten Jahres ... Captions below the images: "1. Victoria Svecorum ad Helsingb. Steinbock stöft Elephanten. d. 10 Mart. 2. Tractatio Pacis Gertrudenberg. Man traut nicht den Gefandten. d. Mart. 3. Hanoveran S.R.I. Architesaurarius. Hannover kriegt die Kron. d. Apr. 4. Transit: Card: Bullion: ad fœderatos. Der Bouillion spricht Hohn. d. May. 5. Duaci, et aliarum urbium expugatio. Douay ists nicht alleine. d. 25 Iun. 6. Victoria gemina in Hisp ad Almenaram et Caes. Augustā/ Der doppelt Spansche Sieg. d. 27 Jul. et Aug. 8. Factiones Wighs et Torys in Anglia. 9. Vindocinus a Malnero interceptus. Vendom ist nicht entgangen. d. Nov. Briheguæ deditio. Stanhope wird gefangen. d. 9 Dec."

Reference

Wellcome Collection 26400i

Notes

One engraving in a series of historical calendars in the Wellcome Library

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