Other 18th-/19th-century conflicts
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Ivangorod and Narva, 1700
1700 or laterPencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper; laid down on coarse linen | Scale: not stated. 1:5,000 approx. | RCIN 724095
The Russians had besieged Narva during November, and their lines of circumvallation and encampments are shown on this unfinished map together with the attack of the Swedish army, the left wing commanded by the King, and the right by General Otto Vellingk (1649-1708). The encamped regiments of the Russian army, behind the lines of contravallation, are named.
Condition: four fold lines; five holes punched along left and right edges; top left corner cut off; surface dirt along right edge. Verso: brown discolouration; heavy surface dirt along left edge.
Anonymous (cartographer)
Watermark: Fleur-de-lys with indistinct device underneath
Condition: four fold lines; five holes punched along left and right edges; top left corner cut off; surface dirt along right edge. Verso: brown discolouration; heavy surface dirt along left edge
Scale: not stated. 1:5,000 approx.
32.5 x 42.9 cm (image and sheet)
Printed title:
No title
Annotations:
George III heading: Narva 1700.
Other annotations: none.
George III catalogue entry:
Narva A drawn Plan of the Siege of Narva in 1700.
Subject(s)
Ivangorod, Leningrad, Russia (59°22ʹ18ʺN 28°12ʹ59ʺE)
Narva, Ida-Virumaa, Estonia (59°22ʹ38ʺN 28°11ʹ25ʺE)
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