Watermark: Fleur-de-lys in crowned shield suspending a ‘4’, the letters WR below. On white paper strip pasted to verso, cropped: G / [?] N

Mark, stamped: 60

Condition: no fold lines; surface dirt along left edge; five holes punched along left and right edges. Verso: brown discolouration; heavy surface dirt along left edge

Scale: 1:900 approx. Scale bar: A Scale of Feet [69 mm =] 200.

31.8 x 44.0 cm (image and neatline)

32.3 x 45.2 cm (sheet)

Manuscript title:

A Plan of kokenhouse in Livo / nia 12 Livonian or 42 English / Miles from Riga, Besiedged by / the Saxon Army Consisting of / 9000 Foot, and 5000 Horse. / The Trenches were opened the / 29^th of September 1700 and sur / rendred the 4.^th of October. [top right, in rectangular panel]

Additional text:

[top right, in rectangular panel, a key, A-I, K-M, to the old castle, new field works, batteries, military positions, roads and rivers.]

Annotations:

George III heading: Kokenhausen 29 Sep – 4 Oct. 1700.

Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [top left, black pencil:] K /4 [and, black pencil:] IV/113; [top right, obscured by white paper strip:] Kokenhousen; [bottom right, obscured by white paper strip, black pencil and crossed out in red pencil:] 60/45 [and:] 4/[?]-2.

George III catalogue entry:

Kokenhausen A drawn Plan of Kokenhausen in Livonia besieged by the Saxon Army 29.^th Sept.^r and surrendered the 4.^th Oct.^r 1700.

Probably from the collection of military and naval maps and prints formed by Prince William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland (1721-65), third son of George II; subsequently acquired by George III (1738-1820)