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An engraving of a battle on a broad hillside, blocks of soldiers, cavalry and smoke, a city with towers on the horizon
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The battle at the White Mountain

The two armies drawn up on the hill west of Prague, with the city on the horizon.

Made by
Anonymous
Made
1620
Technique
Engraving
Credit
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain (CC0).
The event: The battle of the White Mountain →Source ↗

A news sheet from the same series as the 1621 execution print. Prague and its castle sit on the horizon; the walled game park with the Star summer palace, where the last of the estates’ infantry made their stand, is on the right.

An engraving of a battle on a broad hillside, blocks of soldiers, cavalry and smoke, a city with towers on the horizon

The battle of the White Mountain

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