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Artist
Georg Cöler  (1600–1638)  wikidata:Q50826926
 
Alternative names
G.C.; Georg Köler; Georg Coler
Description drawer and engraver
Date of birth/death circa  Edit this at Wikidata 1638 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Nuremberg Edit this at Wikidata Nuremberg Edit this at Wikidata
Work period circa  Edit this at Wikidata–circa  Edit this at Wikidata
Work location
Nuremberg; Amsterdam Edit this at Wikidata
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q50826926
Title
Deutsch: Kurtze Beschreibung, dess auss Irrland, Königl. Majestat in Schweden ankommenten Volcks von dero Lands Art, Natur, Waffen vnnd Eigenschafft
English: Short description of the people from Ireland [actually Scotland] in service of his Swedish Royal Majesty that have arrived; of their nation, nature, arms and features
Description
English: Broadside shows four "Irish" (Scottish) soldiers in kilts with battle scene in the background. 800 Scottish troops arrived to battle in Stettin (Szczecin) on the side of Swedish troops in 1631.
Depicted people
English: presumably soldiers from the regiment of Donald Mackay, 1st Lord Reay
Depicted place Stettin, Duchy of Pomerania
Date 1631
date QS:P571,+1631-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium engraving on paper
Dimensions height: 28 cm (11 in); width: 39 cm (15.3 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,28U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,39U174728
(broadsheet)
institution QS:P195,Q131454
Current location
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
Accession number
2003689061; LOT 14117, no. 39 (H) [P&P]
Place of creation Nuremberg
Object history collection of Franz von Hauslab; British Museum
Inscriptions

Caption recto top:

In solchem Habit Gehen die 800 In Stettin angekommen Irrländer oder Irren.
[In such an outfit the 800 Irishman or Irish are walking that have arrived in Stettin.] Signature recto bottom-left corner:
G.Köler excud.
[G.Köler made it.]
References Kurtze Beschreibung, dess auss Irrland, Königl.... Library of Congress. Retrieved on 7 May 2019.
Source/Photographer scan of a reprint in possession of the New York Public Library
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