Other 17th-century conflicts
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Siege of Limerick, 1651
La Carte de Limerick / Et des ouvrages autour / [?ayam] 7 mille de / Circuit, / Etam assiegée par / son Excellence henry / Ireton Ecuyer lieut / seig.r deputé gnal / d’Irlande le 3.e juin / 1651. et prise le 29.e...
Ink on paper | 29.6 x 19.0 cm (sheet) | RCIN 723094.b
A piece of scrap paper on which is written, in French, a translation of the title and key [nos 1-70] of William Webb's map of Limerick at RCIN 723094.a.
Anonymous (author)
Watermark: The letter R
29.6 x 19.0 cm (sheet)
Printed title:
La Carte de Limerick / Et des ouvrages autour / [?ayam] 7 mille de / Circuit, / Etam assiegée par / son Excellence henry / Ireton Ecuyer lieut / seig.r deputé gnal / d’Irlande le 3.e juin / 1651. et prise le 29.e / d’Octobre [?]; [at end of text:] descrito par Guill. / Webb Ing.r. [at right column]
Annotations:
(Recto) [top right, black pencil, in a Georgian hand:] III/94 a. (Verso) calculations in ink.
George III catalogue entry:
Limerick The Mappe of Limerick and of the Works about it, 7 miles in compas, it being be-leaguerd by His Ex. Henry Ireton Esq. L. Deputy Gen.ll of Ireland, June the 3.d 1651 and taken in the 29.th of October following: described by Will.m Webb Ing.r drawn on vellum.
Subject(s)
Limerick, Munster, Ireland (52°39ʹ53ʺN 08°37ʹ23ʺW)
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