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)