Wenzel Messnehauser zu Prossim Mähren geborer, 35. Jahr alt Prov. Oberkommandant der Nationalgarde in October Monathe zu Wien, wurde am 16. November 1848. im Stadtgraben nächst dem neuen Thor erschossen

Colored lithograph by H. Gerhart; military execution of Messenhauser, in civilian dress, in walled yard. Colored lithograph by H. Gerhart; military execution of Messenhauser, in civilian dress, in walled yard. Wenzel Messenhauser commanded the Vienna National Guard during the uprising of 1848. Forced to surrender on October 30, he was court-martialed and executed by firing squad N.Y., Walter Schatzki, 1957.

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Original record: Wenzel Messnehauser zu Prossim Mähren geborer, 35. Jahr alt Prov. Oberkommandant der Nationalgarde in October Monathe zu Wien, wurde am 16. November 1848. im Stadtgraben nächst dem neuen Thor erschossen
Collection: Prints, Drawings and Watercolors from the Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection
Date(s): 1811 – 1848
Usage: Collection is open for research.
Rights Statement: No Copyright - United States
Creator(s): Gerhart, H. (lithographer)
Subject(s): Executions and executioners
Lithographs
Messenhauser, Wenzel
N.Y., Walter Schatzki
Shooting (Execution)

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