Schmid, János (sold)
János Schmid (fl. c. 1807 - 1839) was a lithographer and engraver based in Budapest in the first half of the 19th century. He produced maps, sheets music, and other job ephemera. Schmid was born in Basel, Switzerland. He was active as a printer form at least 1807. Around 1820, he established press in Buda (Budapest). The press was relocated to the Pest side of the river in 1828. An unfortunate choice being that Pest was flooded and mostly destroyed in 1838. Nonetheless, Schmid survived and in 1839 issued the definitive post-flood plan of Budapest.
Infographic map of the greatest natural disaster in Budapest history.
Plan der Ueberschwemmung von Ofen und Pesth bei dem Eisgang des höchsten Wasserstandes vom 15ten auf den 16ten März 1838.
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An extremely rare 1838/1839 infographic map of Budapest, Hungary, issued directly following the disastrous Great Danube Flood of 1838 - likely the greatest natural disaster in Budapest history. Coverage embraces Pest, Buda, and Óbuda. The map shows the high-water marks on both the Buda and Pest sides of the Danube - although the Buda side, being of higher elevation, was mostly unharmed, while the Pest side, a flood plain, was completely destroyed. It also illustrates areas of higher elevation within Pest where residents took refuge. The detail throughout is strikingly granular, with hachured buildings representing surviving structures, and black buildings those that fully collapsed. (more details)