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Plan of the siege of Gibraltar, 1727 (Gibraltar, British Overseas Territory) 36°08'00"N 05°21'00"W
1727 or laterPen, ink and watercolour on paper; laid down on coarse linen | Scale: 1:4,800 approx. | RCIN 727023
This map shows the Spanish trenches and assaults on the north side of the fortifications; lines of fire from the Spanish and British batteries are drawn. The state of the detail shown here is current for 23 June 1727 New Style.
Additional text: [bottom left, in rectangular panel, a key, A-I, K-T, V-X, Y-Z, 1-15, to the batteries and other significant features of the siege.]
Condition: one fold line; surface dirt along left and right edges; foxing.
Lewis Marcel (active 1723/4-1740) (draughtsman) [bottom left, following on from title:] Drawn by Lewis Marcel of Col:o Harrison’s Regi:t & one of y.e Injeneirs, of Gib:r
Subject(s)
Army-SpainArmy-GBWatermark: Indistinct; fleur-de-lys in shield suspending a ‘4’ and the letters WR below; countermark indistinct
Mark, stamped: 170
Scale: 1:4,800 approx. Scale bar: a scale of a Thousand feet. [63 mm =].
52.8 x 72.0 cm (image and neatline)
52.8 x 73.6 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
A Plan of the Front Atacked of / Gibraltar. / with the Ennemis Aproaches, as they are the 12:th day of June. O.S. 1727. [bottom left]
Additional text:
[bottom left, in rectangular panel, a key, A-I, K-T, V-X, Y-Z, 1-15, to the batteries and other significant features of the siege.]
Annotations:
George III heading [on a white paper strip pasted to the verso:] Gibraltar 1727.
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [top right, black pencil:] G No 9.; [bottom centre, black pencil and red pencil, illegible and obscured by white paper strip.]
George III catalogue entry:
Gibraltar A drawn Plan of the Front attacked of Gibraltar, with the Enemy’s Approaches as they are the 12.th of June O.S. 1727: by Lewis Marcel Eng.r
Subject(s)
Gibraltar, British Overseas Territory (36°08'00"N 05°21'00"W)
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