Wenzel Messenhauser, Oberkommandant der Wiender National-Garde, erschossen den 16 November 1848

Lithograph; body of jägers carrying out execution of man in civilian dress, before wall. Lithograph; body of jägers carrying out execution of man in civilian dress, before wall. 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., Rockman Prints, 1955.

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Original record: Wenzel Messenhauser, Oberkommandant der Wiender National-Garde, erschossen den 16 November 1848
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
Subject(s): Executions and executioners
Lithograph
Lithographs
Messenhauser, Wenzel
N.Y., Rockman Prints
Shooting (Execution)

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