Eigentliche Abbildung und Beschreibung der durch Göttliche Direction von denen Kayserli. und Hohen Alÿrten Truppen bey Höchstett erhaltenen gloriosen Victori und dess aus dem Feld völlig geschlagenen Feindts Anno 1704 den 13ten Augusti

Birds-eye view engraving shows battlefield with large numbers of fighting troops. In the foreground are soldiers on horseback with guns and swords, some fallen soldiers and horses are seen. In the middle and right foreground are depicted the Prince Eugene, the Duke of Marlborough and the crown prince Frederick of Hessen Cassel (later known as Fredrik I of Sweden] and other officers on horseback. Smoke rises from "Blindheim" near Höchstädt, Germany and in numerous places around the battlefield. Inset picture within text shows eagle attacking another eagle and two robbers attacking two men with a motto on ribbons: "Gib was mein und nicht dein ist. Recht muss Recht bleiben. Geh hin wo du herkom[men]" [Give me what is mine and not yours. Right remains right. Go back where you came from]. Falling feathers refer to past imperial battles in Ulm, Neuburg, Donauwörth, Landau, Lauingen, Dettingen, Breisach, Strassburg, Biberach, Ravensburg and Kempten. The August 13, 1704 battle of Blenheim took place during the War of Spanish Succession. Four lines of engraving below the top image provides a key to explain items labeled A-S in the battle scene print.
Title from ribbon caption at top of print.
Extensive German text in two columns below image. Includes list of the names of dead officers and numbers of dead and wounded at end of second column.
Larger print image reproduces image used in the Hauslab print no. 170 depicting the August 15, 1702 battle near Luzzara, Italy identifying different individuals using the same imagery.
Reference copy in LOT 4601, no. 173I.
Illustration in: Hauslab Album, plate 173I.
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.