Sujet
Field Portrait Marshal Baron Von Hess, Generalissimo of the Austrian army of the east.
Légende
The Illustrated London News etching from 1854. Field Portrait Marshal Baron Von Hess, Generalissimo of the Austrian army of the east. Heinrich Hermann Josef Freiherr von He (also: von Hess) (17 March 1788, Vienna - 13 April 1870, Vienna), was an Austrian soldier and field marshal, who entered the army in 1805 and was soon employed as a staff officer on survey work. He distiNgaished himself as a subaltern at Aspern and Wagram, and in 1813, as captain, again served on the staff. In 1815, he was with Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg. He had, in the interval between the two wars, been employed as a military commissioner in Piedmont, and at the peace resumed this post, gaining knowledge which later prover invaluable to the Austrian army.
Date
1854
Crédit
Photo12/UIG/Universal History Archive
Notre référence
UMG23A57_434
Model release
Non
Property release
Non
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
45,3Mo (3,6Mo) / 26,3cm x 43,2cm / 3105 x 5100 (300dpi)