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INVENTORY OF MAPS OF VIENNA, ca. 1840
P960001
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Title: Maps of Vienna
Dates: ca. 1840
Collection Number: P960001
Creator:
Vasquez, Carl Graf, ca. 1798-1861
Extent:
10 items
Repository:
Getty Research Institute
Research Library
Special Collections and Visual Resources
1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 1100
Los Angeles, California 90049-1688
Abstract:
Ten lithographed hand-colored maps of Vienna published (and possibly drawn) by Austrian cartographer Carl Graf Vasquez. One
print shows the city and neighboring districts in the medieval era (1147); the remaining prints show the city in the years
prior to modernization efforts in the mid-19th century. The border of each map contains 14 views of Viennese monuments.
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Language: Collection material in German
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Library Rights and Reproductions
Maps of Vienna, ca. 1840. Research Library, The Getty Research Insititute, Accession no. P960001
The Getty Research Institute acquired this collection in 1996.
Brian Parshall processed and cataloged the prints in February 1997.
The Austrian cartographer Carl Graf Vasquez was born ca. 1798 and died in 1861.
Scope and Content of Collection
A complete set of 10 lithographed hand-colored maps of Vienna, published (and possibly drawn) by Austrian cartographer Carl
Graf Vasquez ca. 1840. The maps detail the city center (Innere Stadt) and surrounding districts (Bezirke), and illustrate
the disposition of the encircling baroque-era walls before the institution of rail lines and other urban developments. This
suggests that the maps were made at least before 1857, when the medieval ramparts were razed for the construction of the Ringstrasse
(opened 1865) that surrounds the Innere Stadt, part of an ambitious modernization program begun by Emperor Franz Josef. Each
map is surrounded by 14 views of major monuments. The first map relates a summary plan of the medieval city and neighboring
districts as it appeared in 1147; the remainder are contemporary.
Arrangement
The collection consists of a single series of ten maps, arranged in individual folders.
Vienna (Austria)—Maps
Vienna (Austria)—Pictorial works
Vienna Suburban Area—Maps
Vienna Suburban Area—Pictorial works
Lithographs
Lithographs—Austria—19th century
Hand-colored lithographs—Austria—19th century