File:Scottish_soldiers_in_service_of_Gustavus_Adolphus,_1631.jpeg
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Georg Cöler: Deutsch: Schottische Soldaten im Dienste Gustav Adolphs English: Scottish soldiers in service of Gustavus Adolphus ( ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Artist |
artist QS:P170,Q50826926 |
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Title |
Deutsch: Schottische Soldaten im Dienste Gustav Adolphs English: Scottish soldiers in service of Gustavus Adolphus |
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Description |
Broadside shows four "Irish" (Scottish) soldiers in kilts with battle scene in the background. 800 Scottish troops arrived to battle in Stettin (Szczecin) on the side of Swedish troops in 1631. |
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Depicted people |
English: presumably soldiers from the regiment of Donald Mackay, 1st Lord Reay |
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Depicted place | Szczecin, Duchy of Pomerania | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date |
1631 date QS:P571,+1631-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
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Medium | engraving on paper | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dimensions |
height: 28 cm (11 in); width: 39 cm (15.3 in) dimensions QS:P2048,28U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,39U174728 |
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q131454 |
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Current location |
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. |
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Accession number |
2003689061; LOT 14117, no. 39 (H) [P&P] |
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Place of creation | Nuremberg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Object history | collection of Hauslab, Franz (1798-1883); British Museum | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Inscriptions |
Caption recto top: In solchem Habit Gehen die 800 In Stettin angekommen Irrländer oder Irren.
[In such an outfit the 800 Irishman or Irish are walking that have arrived in Stettin.] |
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Source/Photographer | scan of a reprint in possession of the New York Public Library | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other versions | File:Scottish soldiers in service of Gustavus Adolphus, 1631-cropped-.jpg |
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