Plan of the siege of Gibraltar, 1727 (Gibraltar, British Overseas Territory) 36°08'00"N 05°21'00"W

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)

Watermark: 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 N^o 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