Prussian troops of Frederick the Great in action during the siege of Breslau, 1760

1st in pair of etchings by (and after?) Grundmann; infantry led by mounted officer skirmishing over artillery emplacement, town buildings in background. 1st in pair of etchings by (and after?) Grundmann; infantry led by mounted officer skirmishing over artillery emplacement, town buildings in background. Oblong small folio, 2 prints; plate marks, margins intact. Hamburg, Schulz, 1952 Depicts a skirmish between the Prussian garrison and Austrian siege forces during the siege of Breslau in 1760. The mounted figure is Prussian general Friedrich Bogislav von Tauentzien, commanding the garrison. The buildings in the background are the churches of St. Elisabeth on the left, the Dorothea Church with the cross on the roof, and the twin-towers of St. Madeleine.