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  • Scope and Content of Collection
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    Title: Maps of Vienna
    Date (inclusive): ca. 1840
    Number: P960001
    Creator/Collector: Vasquez, Carl, Graf, 1798-1861
    Physical Description: 10 items
    Repository:
    The Getty Research Institute
    Special Collections
    1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 1100
    Los Angeles 90049-1688
    reference@getty.edu
    URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10020/askref
    (310) 440-7390
    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 is in German

    Biographical/Historical Note

    The Austrian cartographer Carl Graf Vasquez was born ca. 1798 and died in 1861.

    Administrative Information

    Access

    Open for use by qualified researchers.

    Publication Rights

    Preferred Citation

    Maps of Vienna, ca. 1840. Research Library, The Getty Research Institute, Accession no. P960001
    http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cifap960001

    Acquisition Information

    The Getty Research Institute acquired this collection in 1996.

    Processing History

    Brian Parshall processed and cataloged the prints in February 1997.

    Scope and Content of Collection

    A complete set of ten 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 note

    The collection consists of a single series of ten maps, arranged in individual folders.

    Indexing Terms

    Subjects - Places

    Vienna Suburban Area -- Pictorial works
    Vienna Suburban Area -- Maps
    Vienna (Austria) -- Pictorial works
    Vienna (Austria) -- Maps

    Genres and Forms of Material

    Hand-colored lithographs -- Austria -- 19th century
    Lithographs -- Austria -- 19th century
    Lithographs

    Contributors

    Vasquez, Carl, Graf, 1798-1861