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Map of the siege of Namur, 1695 (Namur, Walloon Region, Belgium) 50°28'00"N 04°52'02"E
1695 or laterPencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper | Scale: 1:9,000 approx. | RCIN 724079
This map shows Vauban's extensions to the fortifications which he made by adding a bastion on the Heights of Bouge to the east of the town, and two more to the west of it and constructing a strong stone redoubt between the Coehoorn and Terra Nova Forts to the west. It also shows, in detail, in yellow, the trenches of the Allied approach works to the east of the town, on the Heights of Bouge and on the south side of the River Sambre, as well as in front of the Coehoorn and Terrra Nova Forts.
For further reading, see:
J. Childs, Ch. X. ‘The great siege of Namur 1695’, The Nine Years’ War and the British army, 1688-1697: the operations in the Low Countries, Manchester, 1991; reprinted 2013, pp.264-301.
Condition: five fold lines; creased; surface dirt. Verso: heavy surface dirt; bottom, right of centre, water-stained patch from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label; old repairs with paper strips to small tears along bottom edge.
Anonymous (cartographer)
Watermark: Cropped: fleur-de-lys in crowned shield, a ‘4’ suspending the letter W[R] below with initials A[J]; countermark: two scrolled letters, C and F? Fleur-de-lys similar to Heawood 1786.
Mark, stamped: 50
Condition: five fold lines; creased; surface dirt. Verso: heavy surface dirt; bottom, right of centre, water-stained patch from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label; old repairs with paper strips to small tears along bottom edge
Scale: 1:9,000 approx. Scale bar: Eschelle [88 mm =] 400 toises.
40.1 x 52.6 cm (image and neatline)
42.1 x 55.1 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
PLAN / DE NAMVR / AVEC SES ATTAQVES [top right, in rectangular panel]
Annotations:
George III heading: Namur 1695.
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [top right, black pencil, crossed out in black pencil:] Lr B [written above:] 4 – 119 [and, black pencil:] 21.; [bottom right, ink, crossed out in black pencil:] 57.; [right of centre, red pencil:] 56; [bottom, left of centre, in Schultz's hand?, black pencil:] 53 [and] Namur 1695.
George III catalogue entry:
Namur Plan dessiné de Namur avec ses attaques en 1695.
Subject(s)
Namur, Walloon Region, Belgium (50°28'00"N 04°52'02")
Bibliographic reference(s)
J. Childs, The Nine Years’ War and the British army, 1688-1697: the operations in the Low Countries, Manchester 1991, reprint 2013, pp. 264-301
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3 November 2024
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