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Plan of the siege of Valenciennes, 1676-7 (Valenciennes, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France) 50°21'00"N 03°32'00"E
1676 or laterPencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper | Scale: not stated. 1:1,000 approx. | RCIN 724013
A rectangle surmounted by a semi-circular space, bottom right of the plan, has been left blank for the later insertion of a title and explanatory text. The positions of the batteries, sited along the trenches of the approach works, is shown together with the line of direction of fire of the cannon. No mortar batteries appear to be shown (the trajectory of the line of mortar fire was conventionally shown by a curved line). The approach roads to the town are depicted as running along sunken hollows.
Condition: two fold lines. Verso: induced discolouration.
Anonymous (cartographer)
Watermark: Indistinct: the letters C T separated by an indistinct design in an oval-ended oblong cartouche
Mark, stamped: 13
Condition: two fold lines. Verso: induced discolouration
Scale: not stated. 1:1,000 approx.
38.1 x 45.7 cm (neatline)
39.0 x 46.5 cm (image)
39.8 x 48.6 cm (sheet)
Printed title:
No title
Annotations:
George III heading: The Siege of Valenciennes in 1676.
Other annotations: (Recto) [top left, black pencil: illegible.] (Verso) [top left, black pencil, cropped:] IV[/?]; [top right, ink, crossed out in black pencil:] 31.; [top right, black pencil:] 1; [bottom right, ink, crossed out in black pencil:] 31; [bottom right, red pencil:] 3/101 [the ‘101’ crossed out in black pencil]; [bottom right, black pencil:] IV/35; [bottom, left of centre, in Mason's hand?:] 34
George III catalogue entry:
Valenciennes A drawn Plan of the Attacks of Valenciennes in 1676.
Subject(s)
Valenciennes, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France (50°21'00"N 03°32'00"E)
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