Map of the siege of Nové Zámky, 1685 ([Neuhäusel] Nové Zámky, Nitriansky, Slovakia) 47°59ʹ07ʺN 18°09ʹ43ʺE

Anonymous (cartographer)

Watermark: I V

Mark, stamped: 16

Condition: creased; brown staining from adhesive. Verso: water-stained patch verso from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label

Scale: not stated

29.4 x 27.4 cm (neatline)

31.2 x 29.0 cm (image)

32.7 x 30.6 cm (sheet)

Printed title:

Die Belagerung von Neu- / -heusel im jahr 1685 / mit Sturm eingenommen / den 9.^ten Augusti, alten stilo. [bottom right, in rectangular panel]

Annotations:

George III heading: Neuhausel 14 July – 19 August 1685.

Other annotations: (Recto) [top right, black pencil:] 1685 [and, black pencil, crossed out in black pencil:] 69; [bottom right, black pencil:] 20. (Verso) [top left, black pencil or ink, crossed out in red pencil, obscured by white paper strip:] Hungary; [bottom right, black pencil:] 66; [centre, red pencil:] 69.

George III catalogue entry:

Neuhausel A drawn Plan of Neuhausel besieged by the Imperialists under the command of the Duke of Lorraine on the 14.^th of July and taken by assault by Marshal Caprara on the 19.^th of August 1685.