Die Gegen um Nordlingen Genandt das Ries benebst dem Prospect ũ: Grundris der K. Fr. Reichs St. Nordlingen (The area around Nordlingen Genandt das Ries next to the prospect plan of the Lands of St. Nordlingen)
Artist
Homannianis Heredibus
Date1738
Mediumcopper engraving on paper
Dimensions22 1/2 × 26 in. (57.2 × 66 cm)
ClassificationsDocumentary Artifact
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of the Albuquerque Museum Foundation from the Lucia v. B. Batten Estate
Object numberPC2020.51.87
DescriptionAn aerial map of the city of Nördlingen, Germany, and surrounding areas. The city itself is at the center of the map and is very small. Patches of land on the map are colored in with yellow, green, pink, and white. Some places on the map are bordered by red lines. The map is framed by a scale border. In the lower left corner of the map is a small inset illustration of Nördlingen as seen from above. There are map keys in the lower right and upper left and right corners. " At the bottom of the frame, there is a person shearing a sheep and a calf drinking milk from its mother. At the top of the frame, there are two cherubs. One holds a sickle and bundle of wheat, and the other holds a spinning wheel. Below the map, at bottom center, there is a black and white illustration of the city center of Nördlingen, as seen at eye level.On View
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