Maps, views and documents from 19 wars
Maps, views and documents from 19 wars
Letterpress text; printed on four sheets of paper; the first and second sheets paste together down the left side, and the second and third sheets pasted together down the right side | 52.4 x 32.5 cm (sheet) | RCIN 733038.b
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Letterpress account of the siege of Vellore, besieged by the British from 13 October, and taken on 26 December 1761. Seven Years War (1756-63). See also RCIN 733038.a.
Anonymous (cartographer)
Watermark: Strasburg lily and bend, the letters L V G below; countermark: IV [and] fleur-de-lys in crowned shield, a ‘4’ suspending the letters L V G below; countermark: IV
Mark, stamped: 936
Condition: Sheet 1: creased; 10.1 cm tear to right edge; other small tears to edges. Sheet 2: creased; a 4.0 cm tear to right edge. Verso: remains from an old guard or mount. Sheet 3: one fold line; crease. Verso: remains of old guard or mount along right edge. Sheet 4: one fold line; 20.0 cm tear along central fold
52.4 x 32.5 cm (sheet)
Printed title:
A DESCRIPTION / OF / VELLORE FORT / The Pettahs, the Hills, & the Attack carried on by / the English Army under the command / OF / JOHN CAILLAUD Esq; Colonel in the East Indies; / to which is annex’d / A GENERAL PLAN OF THE WHIOLE, / 1761. [letterpress]
Annotations:
George III heading: Vellore 13 Oct. - 26 Dec. 1761.
Other annotations: (Recto) [bottom right, black pencil, ink:] REFERENCES. (Verso) [bottom left, red pencil, cropped:] 13/[100]; [bottom left, black pencil, erased:] XVI/[?]; [right edge, ink: part of a letter or figure].
George III catalogue entry:
Vellore A drawn Plan of Vellore attacked by the English Army under the command of Colonel Caillaud the 13.th of Oct.r and taken the 26.th of Dec.r 1761: by Major John Call chief Eng.r with a printed Account of the Siege.
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)
Vellore, Tamil Nādu, India (12°56'N 79°09'E)