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Map of Frederiksten, 1718 (Fredriksten festing, Østfold, Norway) 59°07ʹ11ʺN 11°23ʹ48ʺE
1718 or laterEtched and engraved map and letterpress text printed on the same sheet of paper | Scale: not stated. 1:5,000 approx. | RCIN 727014
Additional text: [bottom, below map, an account of the Swedish attaque from 20 November to the death of King Charles XII of Sweden on 30 November, letterpress:] Plan af Fästningen Fredrichshall med des ataque: / Journal af ataquen för Fredrichshall.
Condition: one fold line; some foxing. Verso: water-stained patch and ghosting from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label.
Johannes van den Aveele (active 1698-1727) (engraver) [bottom right, below neatline:] Joh. Vanden Aveelen. Sc.
Subject(s)
Army-SwedenArmy-DenmarkArmy-NorwayWatermark: Uncertain: a design of scrolled leaves with countermark: CG
Condition: one fold line; some foxing. Verso: water-stained patch and ghosting from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label
Scale: not stated. 1:5,000 approx.
23.8 x 32.7 cm (image and neatline)
25.1 x 33.6 cm (platemark)
38.5 x 34.4 cm (sheet)
Printed title:
Plan af Fästningen / FREDERICHS HALL / med des Ataque. [top left]
Additional text:
[bottom, below map, an account of the Swedish attaque from 20 November to the death of King Charles XII of Sweden on 30 November, letterpress:] Plan af Fästningen Fredrichshall med des ataque: / Journal af ataquen för Fredrichshall.
Annotations:
George III heading: Frederickshall 11 Nov.r - 12 Dec.r 1718.
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [bottom left, black pencil, cropped:] 2; [top right, black pencil:] 1718; [bottom right, black pencil:] 29; [centre, red pencil:] 29.
George III catalogue entry:
Frederickshall A Plan of the Siege of the Fort of Frederichshall by Charles XII in 1718: by I. vanden Aveelen: with a Description.
Subject(s)
Fredriksten festing, Østfold, Norway (59°07ʹ11ʺN 11°23ʹ48ʺE)
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