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Map of Nieuwpoort, 1693 (Nieuwpoort, Flanders, Belgium) 51°07'48"N 02°45'04"E
1693 or laterPencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper; laid down on coarse linen | Scale: 1:6,000 approx. | RCIN 724060
A rough outline map of the fortifications of Nieuwpoort showing the positions of the French and Allied batteries at the mouth of the harbour. The sandhills along the coast are drawn in pencil.
Additional text: [top left:] Il est a noter que laligne passe encore beaucoup / plus avant que Wulpen environ autant qu il y / a sur ce plan.
Condition: six fold lines; five punched holes along each of top and bottom edges. Verso: heavy surface dirt along top edge; waterstained along bottom edge [see RCIN 724053 for same hole, surface dirt and waterstaining].
Anonymous (cartographer)
Subject(s)
Army-FranceArmy-Allied army (War of the Grand Alliance, 1688-97)Watermark: Fleur-de-lys in crowned shield, a ‘4’ suspending the initials WR below; countermark: DS
Mark, stamped: 41
Condition: six fold lines; five punched holes along each of top and bottom edges. Verso: heavy surface dirt along top edge; waterstained along bottom edge [see RCIN 724053 for same hole, surface dirt and waterstaining]
Scale: 1:6,000 approx. Scale bar: Eschelle de 1000 pieds de Brabant [47 mm =].
53.4 x 40.5 cm (image)
54.5 x 40.9 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
Campement / des Ennemis pres de / Nieuport au commencement / de l’an 1693. [top left]
Additional text:
[top left:] Il est a noter que laligne passe encore beaucoup / plus avant que Wulpen environ autant qu il y / a sur ce plan.
Annotations:
George III heading: Encampment near Nieuport in 1693.
Other annotations: (Recto) [top right, black pencil:] D. (Verso) [bottom left, red pencil:] 3/144 [and, black pencil] IV/32; [top left, obscured by white paper slip:] Nieuport [and, on white paper slip, black pencil:] D; [top right, black pencil:] N [written above:] No 6.
George III catalogue entry:
Encampment Plan dessiné du Campement des Ennemis (François) pres de Nieuport au commencement de l’an 1693. [The same entry appears under the heading Nieuport.]
Subject(s)
Nieuwpoort, Flanders, Belgium (51°07'48"N 02°45'04"E)
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