Sobieski, John III, King of Poland, 1629-1696 – Vintage Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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A window into the past: Sobieski, John III, King of Poland, 1629-1696, preserved in this antique engraving. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Sobieski, John III, King of Poland, 1629-1696
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Made as an illustration for Victor J. Renner's 1883 book *Wien im Jahre 1683*, this engraving portrays John III Sobieski, the Polish king remembered above all for the relief of Vienna. In September 1683 his forces joined the Austrian and imperial armies in breaking the Ottoman siege of the city, and his cavalry's charge down from the Kahlenberg hills helped turn the battle. Because the engraving was made two centuries after those events, it reflects 19th-century interest in the siege rather than a likeness drawn from life. Sobieski ruled Poland-Lithuania from 1674 until his death in 1696.
| Created / published | 1883 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : engraving. |
| Notes | Illus. in: Victor J. Renner, Wien im Jahre 1683, Wien, 1883. cf: Victory at Vienna; The Ottoman Siege of 1683, p. 18. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: B.I.; Pub. Ind. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,148 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-156752 |
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