The Seven Years War (1756-63)
Manuscript and printed maps and views, correspondence and journals from the first global war
Le Palais, 1761
ATTACKS of the CITADEL / of / PALAIS / on the / ISLAND of BELLISLE / 1761
c.1761Pencil, ink and watercolour on paper | Scale: 1:4,750 approx [probably drawn to 1:4,800] | RCIN 733031.a
This plan shows a more restricted area than Bramham's survey at RCIN 733030. The British camps are not shown; the layout of the town, while superficially similar, is markedly different in detail. John Archer's journal of the siege is at RCIN 733031.b.
Additional text: [bottom left, a key, a-i, 104, to the bastions, powder magazine, parallels, batteries, etc.]
Condition: six fold lines; formerly folded to 15.5 x 8.1 cm. Verso: slight surface dirt on outside fold panels.
John Archer (d. 1799) (draughtsman) [bottom right, inside neatline:] I. Archer. F.
Watermark: Strasburg lily and bend, the letters L V G below
Mark, stamped: 926
Condition: six fold lines; formerly folded to 15.5 x 8.1 cm. Verso: slight surface dirt on outside fold panels
Scale: 1:4,750 approx [probably drawn to 1:4,800]. Scale bar: 1200 Feet [77 mm =].
23.6 x 42.2 cm (neatline)
24.0 x 42.6 cm (image)
27.6 x 46.6 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
ATTACKS of the CITADEL / of / PALAIS / on the / ISLAND of BELLISLE / 1761. [top right]
Additional text:
[bottom left, a key, a-i, 104, to the bastions, powder magazine, parallels, batteries, etc.]
Annotations:
George III heading: Palais 2 May - 7 June 1761.
Other annotations: (Recto) [top left, black pencil, erased:] XIII/31. (Verso) none.
George III catalogue entry:
Palais A drawn Plan of the Attacks of the Citadel of Palais on Belle Isle in 1761: by I. Archer Eng.r with a MS. Journal of the Siege from the 30.th of May.
Subject(s)
Le Palais, Belle Île, France (47°20'45"N 03°09'14"W)
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