Map of the siege of Wismar, 1715-16 (Wismar, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany) 53°53'35"N 11°27'10"E

Anonymous (cartographer)

Subject(s)

Watermark: Coat of arms? Five towers [a church?] with a wheel with cross above in centre with a semi wreath to each side; countermark: the letter S.

Condition: one fold line; very brown; surface worn; top centre, small tear. Verso: top left, water-stained patch, shadow and ghosting from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label: VOL III / 29

Scale: not stated. 1:55,000 approx.

30.8 x 39.6 cm (neatline)

31.2 x 40.0 cm (image)

cropped (platemark)

31.9 x 41.7 cm (sheet)

Printed title:

Accurater Abriss der Stadt und Festung / WISMAR. / samt bloquirung derselben von den Köigl Däni - / schen und Preusischen Trouppen Aō: 1715. [bottom right, in rectangular panel]

Additional text:

[bottom right, below title, in title panel, a key, A-I, to the positions of the Danish and Prussian cavalry, the headquarters of the Danish General Legard and of the Prussian General von Albe, the Danish baking ovens at Blumenhoff, and the Prussian ovens at Libau, and a Swedish battery. Another key, 1-5, lists four gates of the city and some Danish fieldworks.]

Annotations:

George III heading: Wismar 25 June 1715 - 19 April 1716.

Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [bottom left, black pencil:] 28; [bottom left, black pencil, crossed out in black pencil:] 140; [bottom left, black pencil: an illegible inscription ending with the date 1715]; [top right, black pencil, partly cropped:] B.b. 2.; [top right, black pencil, partly legible:] June [25^d] / Wismar 1715; [bottom right, black pencil, crossed out in black pencil:] B.b.; [bottom right, black pencil, illegible, except for the date 1716]; [centre, red pencil:] 26.

George III catalogue entry:

Wismar Abriss der Stadt und Festung Wismar samt bloquir- / ung derselben von den Konigl. Danischen und Preussischen Trouppen, A.^o 1715.