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Battle of Villmanstrand, 1741
PLAN DER FESTUNG WILMAN[N]=STRAND
1741 or laterPencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper; some pricking through | Scale: 1:3,000 approx. | RCIN 728045.a
The attribution to Marin is made on stylistic grounds. The profiles to accompany this plan are at RCIN 728045.b. The Swedes, attempting to regain power in Eastern Europe by invading Russia with an underprepared 15,000 strong army, were defeated at the Battle of Villmanstrand on 23 August 1741.
Additional text: [bottom right, in cartouche representing a trompe l'oeil torn sheet of paper: a key, A-I, K-Z, a-f, to the regiments of the Russian and Swedish armies:] ERKLÆRUNG DERER BUCH-STABEN / Wie das Corps der Russich Käýserlichen Armeé wieder dem feindli= / chem Corps der Schwedischen=Armeé unter der Stadt Wilman[n]= / strand den [blank space left to insert the date] Augusti A.o 1741: gestanden.
For further reading, see:
P.J. O'Meara, 'Lacy, Peter, Count Lacy in the nobility of the Holy Roman empire (1678–1751)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2004.
Condition: one fold line; unevenly trimmed; one small tear to left edge.
? OC de Marin (active 1736-41) (draughtsman)
Watermark: Fleur-de-lys suspending a ‘4’ and WR with V below and countermark IV
Mark, stamped: 273
Condition: one fold line; unevenly trimmed; one small tear to left edge
Scale: 1:3,000 approx. Scale bar [85 mm = 150 faden].
45.9 x 67.0 cm (neatline)
47.3 x 68.4 cm (image)
50.3 x 71.7 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
PLAN DER FESTUNG WILMAN[N]=STRAND [top, in a cartouche representing a scroll]
Additional text:
ERKLÆRUNG DERER BUCH-STABEN / Wie das Corps der Russich Käýserlichen Armeé wieder dem feindli= / chem Corps der Schwedischen=Armeé unter der Stadt Wilman[n]= / strand den [blank space left to insert the date] Augusti A.o 1741: gestanden. [bottom right, in cartouche representing a trompe l'oeil torn sheet of paper: a key, A-I, K-Z, a-f, to the regiments of the Russian and Swedish armies]
Annotations:
George III heading: Willmanstrand August 1741.
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [bottom centre, red pencil:] 7/29; [bottom centre, black pencil, erased:] VIII/47.
George III catalogue entry:
Willmanstrand A drawn Plan of the Siege of Wilman-Strand by the Russians in August 1741: with Profiles of the Fortifications.
Subject(s)
Lappeenranta, South Karelia, Finland (61°03'31"N 28°11'19"E)
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