Maps and prints of naval engagements collected by George III
Maps and prints of naval engagements collected by George III
Stipple with engraved text; printed on paper | 25.1 x 38.6 cm (image) | RCIN 735023.2.b
Johann Gerhard Huck (1759-1811)
A key to the view of the escape on 30 April 1794 of the Hanoverian troops of the Menen garrison while under siege by the French (RCIN 735023.2.a).
Johann Gerhard Huck (1759-1811) (artist and publisher)
Watermark: None
Condition: no fold lines
25.1 x 38.6 cm (image)
26.2 x 39.3 cm (platemark)
27.3 x 40.4 cm (sheet)
Printed title:
Ausfall und Selbstbefreiung der Garrison / von MENIN. // The Sally of the Garrison of / MENIN.
Annotations:
George III heading: Military Menin 30 April 1794 Port Folio No 2.
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [bottom left, black pencil, obscured by paper backing: the old heading; bottom left, black pencil:] CMB Jan ’87 [i.e. 1987]; [top left, black pencil:] 7; [top right, black pencil:] 8; [bottom right, black pencil:] 1794-8; [centre, black pencil, obscured by paper backing:] 7.
George III catalogue entry:
Menin Representation of the Sally made by the Garrison of Menin in the night of the 30.th of April 1794: by I. Gerhard Huck, 1799. with a key Plate.
From the collection of military and naval maps and prints formed by George III (1738-1820)
Menen, Flanders, Belgium (50°47'50"N 03°07'20"E)