Miscellaneous
Maps, views and diagrams of military reviews and encampments
Siege of Ceuta, 1720
PLAN of the FRONT of CEUTA
1722 or laterPen, ink and watercolour on paper; considerable pricking through | Scale: 1:7,000 approx. | RCIN 727017
James Wybault, to whom the draughtsmanship of this map is tentatively attributed, is the only Practitioner Engineer with the initial ‘J.W.’ listed by Conolly for this period. According to Conolly, Wybault became a Practioner Engineer on 22 September 1722, two years after the action portrayed on this map.
Additional text: [left centre, in cartouche representing a scroll, a key, a-i, l-p, to locations in the town of Ceuta:] EXPLANATION / of the Sever:ll Approach:s / Battery’s & Principall / Quarters of y:e Moors / before the Salley in / 1720. [Right centre, in a cartouche representing a scroll, a key, 1-17, to the fortifications, etc:] REFERENCES to the / Town and Salleys of the / Spaniards in Nov:e 1720. [Bottom of the ‘References’ a note:] That y.e Yellow are Horse / & y:e green Dragoons.
Condition: one fold line; two small tears along bottom edge; creased. Verso: induced discolouration; ink stains; considerable surface dirt to top edge, perhaps as a result of the map having been stored as a roll.
? James Wybault (d. 1746) (draughtsman) [bottom right, inside neatline:] J: [or T:?] W: P:r Eng:r
Watermark: Strasburg bend and lily
Mark, stamped: 166
Condition: one fold line; two small tears along bottom edge; creased. Verso: induced discolouration; ink stains; considerable surface dirt to top edge, perhaps as a result of the map having been stored as a roll
Scale: 1:7,000 approx. Scale bar: [55 mm = 200] Toises.
47.0 x 37.9 cm (neatline)
50.0 x 37.9 cm (image)
50.7 x 38.8 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
PLAN of the FRONT of CEUTA. [top, above map, in rectangular panel]
Additional text:
[left centre, in cartouche representing a scroll, a key, a-i, l-p, to locations in the town of Ceuta:] EXPLANATION / of the Sever:ll Approach:s / Battery’s & Principall / Quarters of y:e Moors / before the Salley in / 1720. [Right centre, in a cartouche representing a scroll, a key, 1-17, to the fortifications, etc:] REFERENCES to the / Town and Salleys of the / Spaniards in Nov:e 1720. [Bottom of the ‘References’ a note:] That y.e Yellow are Horse / & y:e green Dragoons.
Annotations:
George III heading: Ceuta besieged by the Moors in Nov.r 1720.
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [bottom left, red pencil:] 6/25; [bottom left, black pencil:] VII/[?erased]; [top left, ink:] C N.o 12.
George III catalogue entry:
Ceuta A drawn Plan of the Siege of Ceuta by the Moors in Nov.r 1720: by I.W. Eng.r
Subject(s)
Ceuta, Spain (35°53ʹ22ʺN 05°19ʹ11ʺE)
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14 March 2024
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