Descriptive Summary
Biographical/Historical Note
Administrative Information
Scope and Content of Collection
Indexing Terms
Descriptive Summary
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
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URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10020/askref
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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