Map of the siege of Yorktown, 1781 (Yorktown, Virginia, USA) 37°14'19"N 76°30'34"W

George Louis le Rouge (1707-93/4) (publisher) [bottom left, below title:] Dessiné sur les Lieux par les / Ingenieurs de l’Armée. A PARIS / Chez le Rouge Rue des Grands Augustins / x.^bre 1781.

Subject(s)

Watermark: Two names, one above the other: T [followed by a device shaped like an ice cream cone with a cross on top:] DUPUY FIN / AUVERGNE 1742; countermark: a bunch of grapes.

Condition: two fold lines; a small rectangle has been cut out, top left, and filled in with a piece of pale blue paper pasted to the verso. Verso: slight surface dirt; induced discolouration

Scale: 1:15,000 approx. Scale bar [26 mm =] 200 Toises.

31.2 x 39.2 cm (neatline)

31.6 x 39.6 cm (image)

32.7 x 40.8 cm (platemark)

34.9 x 43.5 cm (sheet)

Printed title:

PLAN / de l’Armée de Cornwallis / attaquée et faitte Prisoniere / dans YORK TOWN, le 19 8^bre / par l’Armée Combinée / Francaise et Americaine. [bottom left]

Additional text:

[top right, an explanation of the colours and a key, A, B, to Redoubts:] Legende [bottom right, a continuation of the key, C-G.]

Annotations:

George III heading: York 19 Oct. 1781.

Other annotations: none.

George III catalogue entry:

York Plan de l’Armée de Cornwallis attaqué et faite prisonniere dans York Town, le 19 Oct.^re 1781; par l’Armée combinée Francoise et Americaine: chez le Rouge, 1781.