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Map of Veere and Walcheren, 1784 (Veere, Netherlands) 51°32'54"N 03°40'00"E; (Walcheren, Netherlands) 51°31'10"N 03°34'47"E
1784Pencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper | Scale: 1:385 approx. | RCIN 734102.2.d
This plan shows an interesting use of the colour bluey-purple for the beach which, unlike the sandy beaches on the south coast of Walcheren Island, is mud. The colour is therefore a naturalistic representation of the ground conditions.
Additional text: [left, down left side of plan in rectangular frame, a view of part of the bastion with a descriptive note; right, down right side of plan in plain rectangular frame, a descriptive key, 1-14, to the principal features of military importance:] Explanation of the Cyphers.
Five plans of part of the island of Walcheren and the attack on Flushing (Vlissingen). Formerly contained in a rough buff paper folder on which the old heading is written: XIV/102-2-a-e ['a-e' added in later hand] Walcheren, 1784. [Bottom, black pencil, in a modern hand:] Jan '87 [i.e. 1987] CMB.
Condition: no fold lines. Verso: induced discolouration.
Anonymous (cartographer)
Watermark: Strasburg bend and lily, the letters GR below
Mark, stamped: 1043
Condition: no fold lines. Verso: induced discolouration
Scale: 1:385 approx. Scale bar: [158 mm =] 200 Feet.
17.2 x 25.8 cm (neatline)
19.7 x 46.8 cm (image)
21.3 x 47.7 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
N:o 5 Walcheren. The Town of Veere or Camveere. [top, outside border]
Additional text:
[left, down left side of plan in rectangular frame, a view of part of the bastion with a descriptive note; right, down right side of plan in plain rectangular frame, a descriptive key, 1-14, to the principal features of military importance:] Explanation of the Cyphers.
Annotations:
George III heading: Walcheren, 1784.
Other annotations: none.
George III catalogue entry:
Walcheren Five drawn Plans of Fortifications in the Island of Walcheren, relative to a proposed Attack of Flushing, 1784.
Subject(s)
Veere, Netherlands (51°32'54"N 03°40'00"E)
Walcheren, Netherlands (51°31'10"N 03°34'47"E)
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