French Revolutionary Wars (1792-1802)
Maps and prints of naval engagements collected by George III during the decade of war
Map of the siege of Mantua, 1796 (Mantova, Lombardy, Italy) 45°09'37"N 10°47'52"E
1796 or laterEtching and engraving; printed on paper | Scale: 1:22,000. | RCIN 735043
The French, under Napoleon, besieged Mantua from 4 July to 1 August 1796, and, after a short interval during which the Austrians sent a relief army, again from 27 August to 2 February 1797 after which the Austrians surrendered.
Additional text: [bottom left, below title, in title cartouche, three keys, a-i, k-v, x-zz:] CITTÀ E SUOI BORGHI [and A-I, K-T:] CITTADELLA [and A-I, K-N:] RIDOTTI, E BATTERIE FRANC. [Top left, between French title and border, a key to the French fieldworks of the previous siege, O-R:] Ouvrages faits par les Français pendant le dernier bloccus. [Top right, between title and border, a key to the batteries of the Austrian army during the previous siege:] Ouvrages faits par les Autrichiens pendant le deriner bloccus. [Bottom, below border, a French translation of the Italian references engraved in the title cartouche.]
Condition: two fold lines; brown discolouration to both sides, more marked on verso.
Giacomo Pinchetti (active 1796-1801) (cartographer) [bottom left, bottom right of title cartouche:] G. Pinchetti d.
Bordiga Brothers (publisher) [bottom right, below edge of border:] Fratelli Bordiga inc. Milano
Subject(s)
Army-FranceWatermark: None
Condition: two fold lines; brown discolouration to both sides, more marked on verso
Scale: 1:22,000. Scale bars: Trabuechi Milanese [53 mm =] 500; Tese di Francia [48 mm =] 600.
56.1 x 50.8 cm (neatline)
60.7 x 51.7 cm (image)
62.0 x 56.8 cm (platemark)
64.4 x 58.0 cm (sheet)
Printed title:
MANTOVA / E SUO CIRCONDARIO / con la Dichiarazione delle Opere d’Assedio / fatte dall’ Armata FRANCESE in Luglio del 1796. [titles in Italian and French; bottom left, in catouche designed as a stone slab bordered by leaves and branches]
Printed title:
MANTOUE, ET SES ENVIRONS, AVEC LA DECLARATION DES OUVRAGES DU SIEGE FAITES PAR L’ARMÉE FRANÇAISE, EN IUILLET 1796. ET AVEC CELLES DU / DERNER BLOCCUS [top, across top of map, outside border]
Additional text:
[bottom left, below title, in title cartouche, three keys, a-i, k-v, x-zz:] CITTÀ E SUOI BORGHI [and A-I, K-T:] CITTADELLA [and A-I, K-N:] RIDOTTI, E BATTERIE FRANC. [Top left, between French title and border, a key to the French fieldworks of the previous siege, O-R:] Ouvrages faits par les Français pendant le dernier bloccus. [Top right, between title and border, a key to the batteries of the Austrian army during the previous siege:] Ouvrages faits par les Autrichiens pendant le deriner bloccus. [Bottom, below border, a French translation of the Italian references engraved in the title cartouche.]
Annotations:
George III heading: Mantua July 1796.
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [along right edge, above centre, black pencil, erased:] Mantua.
George III catalogue entry:
Mantua Mantoua et suo circondario con la dichiarazione delle opere d’Assedio fatte dall’Armata Francese in Luglio del 1796: da Pinchetti e Bordiga.
Subject(s)
Mantova, Lombardy, Italy (45°09'37"N 10°47'52"E)
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