IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 110476 accession number: T.1-1943 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Friday 17 July 2020 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: The napkin commemorates the defeat of the Turks in Belgrade in 1717. 'Evgeny', or Eugene of Savoy in the spring of 1716 was appointed to command the army of Hungary; and at Peterwardein he gained (5th of August 1716) a signal victory over a Turkish army of more than twice his own strength. In recognition of this service to Christendom the pope sent to the victorious general the hat and sword which the court of Rome was accustomed to bestow upon those who had triumphed over the infidels. Eugene won another victory in this campaign at Temesvr. But the ensuing campaign, that of 1717, was still more remarkable on account of the battle of Belgrade. After having besieged the city for a month Eugene found himself in a most critical, if not hopeless situation. He had to deal not only with the garrison of 30,000 men, but with a relieving army of 200,000, and his own force was only about 40,000 strong. In these circumstances the only possible deliverance was by a bold and decided stroke. Accordingly on the morning of the 16th of August 1717 Prince Eugene ordered a general attack, which resulted in the total defeat of the enemy with an enormous loss, and in the capitulation of the city six days afterwards object type: The central napkin motif contains a symmetrical pattern of six horizontal bands, each containing two repeats of the different patterns. 1-the lower portion of a coat of arms. 2- an eagle with a crescent moon in its beak and the inscription 'Viribvs evgeny aqvila devorat lunam' 3- a horseman. 4- a man with his hands chained kneeling with the inscription "Turca precatur vitam". 5- a city (possibly Belgrade) 6- a battle scene object type: Damask napkin with an outer chequered border (on two sides only) and an inner border consisting of the Eagle of the Empire. title: napkin LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts creditline: given by the Marchioness of Bristol STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/110476 PEOPLE ------------------- turk, horseman SUBJECTS ------------------- crescent moon eagle battle Battle of Belgrade 1717 crescent moon eagle battle Battle of Belgrade 1717 TECHNIQUES ---------- Damask weaving CATEGORIES ------ category: woven textiles DATING ------ creation date: 1717 - 1750 creation date earliest: 1717 creation date latest: 1750 culture: 18th Century, first half# CREATORS -------- maker: Unknown DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Length units: in value: 28.3/8 dimension: Width units: in value: 37.7/8 IMAGES surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/663/53/large_T_1_1943_1_201902_amt49_mas.jpg height: 1444 pixels width: 1024 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/663/53/mid_T_1_1943_1_201902_amt49_mas.jpg height: 705 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/663/53/T_1_1943_1_201902_amt49_mas.jpg height: 6907 pixels width: 4898 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/663/53/preview_T_1_1943_1_201902_amt49_mas.jpg height: 353 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: zoom format: pyramid tiff location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/663/53/T_1_1943_1_201902_amt49_mas.ptif height: 6907 pixels width: 4898 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/664/32/large_T_1_1943_1_201902_amt49_dc1.jpg height: 1347 pixels width: 1024 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/664/32/mid_T_1_1943_1_201902_amt49_dc1.jpg height: 658 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/664/32/T_1_1943_1_201902_amt49_dc1.jpg height: 3731 pixels width: 2837 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/664/32/preview_T_1_1943_1_201902_amt49_dc1.jpg height: 329 pixels width: 250 pixels