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Siege of Thorn, 1703
PLAN / und / GRUNDRIS VON DER STADT / UND FESTUNG / THOREN / Sambt. der Attaque so Ihro Konigl: / Maÿ: von Schweden CAROLUS / der XII gethan den 24 May / 1703
1703 or laterPencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper | Scale: 1:3,000 approx. | RCIN 725023
The plan lacks any written information or annotation; the parallels of the siegeworks, field batteries, etc., are shown to the west, north and east of the town. The islands which are drawn in the middle of the river no longer exist.
This plan has been removed from a volume, made about 1719 or later, of manuscript maps and plans of sieges. Other maps, perhaps in a different hand but, apparently from the same volume, are scattered throughout the collection: RCINs [724061], [724090], 725007, 725009, 725011, 725013, 725021, 725027, 725030, 725032, 725041, [725044], 725045, 725047, [725055], 725074, 725087, 725098, 726007, 726014, 726022, 726041, 726045, 726053, 726065, 726073, 726080, 726086, 726090, 727004, 727007, 727011, 727013, 727014.
The dates of the siege, and other details of the actions, are given in Friedrich, (2000), p.176.
Condition: one fold line; small tears to central fold; foxing; four gilt edges. Verso: remains of guard; induced discolouration.Anonymous (cartographer)
Watermark: Fleur-de-lys in crowned shield, a ‘4’ suspending the letters WR below; countermark: IV
Mark, stamped: 71
Condition: one fold line; small tears to central fold; foxing; four gilt edges. Verso: remains of guard; induced discolouration
Scale: 1:3,000 approx. Scale bar: [56 mm =] 48 Ruth.
43.7 x 62.3 cm (neatline)
44.7 x 63.2 cm (image)
52.8 x 73.8 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
PLAN / und / GRUNDRIS VON DER STADT / UND FESTUNG / THOREN / Sambt. der Attaque so Ihro Konigl: / Maÿ: von Schweden CAROLUS / der XII gethan den 24 May / 1703: [bottom left, in rectangular panel]
Annotations:
George III heading: Thorn 24 May 1703.
Other annotations: (Recto) [top right, ink:] 37. (Verso) [top, right of centre, black pencil erased:] Thorne; [top right, ink:] 37; [bottom, right of centre, red pencil:] 4/27; [bottom, right of centre, black pencil erased:] V[/?]; [bottom, right of centre, black pencil, erased: old heading?].
George III catalogue entry:
Thorn Grundris von der Stadt und Festung Thoren sambt der Attaque von der Konig. von Schweden Carolus der XII den 24 May 1703. drawn
Subject(s)
Toruń, Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland (53°00'49"N 18°35'53"E)
Bibliographic reference(s)
K. Friedrich, The Other Prussia: Royal Prussia, Poland and Liberty 1569, Cambridge, 2000
Page revisions
14 March 2024
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