Engraved siege scene: soldiers, mounted officers and a horse-drawn cart in foreground fields, with a walled town and hills on the horizon under a cloudy sky.

Views Representing the Most Considerable Transactions in a Siege

An engraved print of a siege scene with a walled town on the horizon beyond open fields. In the foreground, soldiers, mounted officers and a horse-drawn cart move among tents and trenches, while a cannon and figures with muskets crowd the left edge. Printed text runs along the top and bottom margins.

Artist: Unknown
Date: ca. 1760–1770
Medium: Engraving on paper
Source: Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)
Size: 2566 × 1646 px

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Public domain · Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum) releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1775).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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