French Revolutionary Wars (1792-1802)
Maps and prints of naval engagements collected by George III during the decade of war
Battle of Famars, 1793
Key to M,,r Orme’s PRINT of the Battle of FAMARS
1796Etching and engraving; printed on the same sheet of paper as the accompanying letterpress text and pasted to the left margin of the view (see RCIN 735013.a) | 26.5 x 21.2 cm (image and platemark) | RCIN 735013.b
A printed key to the view of the Battle of Famars, 23 May 1793 (RCIN 735013.a).
Daniel Orme (1766-1837) (publisher) [bottom centre of plate:] Pub,d [followed by a gap] 1795, at Orme’s Gallery, London.
Watermark: IHL
26.5 x 21.2 cm (image and platemark)
25.0 x 17.6 cm (text sheet)
26.8 x 43.0 cm (sheet)
Printed title:
Key to M,,r Orme’s PRINT of the Battle of FAMARS. [left of index plate]
Printed title:
DESCRIPTION / OF THE / GRAND HISTORICAL PICTURE, / OF THE / MEMORABLE ATTACK / ON THE / HILLS OF FAMARS, BEFORE VALENCIENNES, / ON THE TWENTY-THIRD OF MAY, 1793, / By the Combined Armies, / UNDER THE COMMAND OF / HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS, FREDERICK, DUKE OF YORK. / Painted by M. BROWN, Esq. [letterpress description of the battle with an extract from the Gazette of 27 May 1793, printed on the same sheet as the index plate]
Annotations:
George III heading [black pencil:] Military Battle of Famars 22 May 1793 Port folio No 3 G-3.
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [bottom, obscured by paper backing, black pencil: the old heading]; [bottom right, black pencil:] 1793-11; [top right, black pencil:] 11; [top left, black pencil:] 10.
George III catalogue entry:
Famars View of the Battle of Famars near Valenciennes on the 23.d of May 1793: by M. Brown, engraved by D. Orme, 1796: with an Index Plate and Description.
Subject(s)
Valenciennes, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France (50°21'00"N 03°32'00"E)
Famars, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France (50°19'02"N 03°31'10"E)
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