Map of Pirna, 1756 (Pirna, Saxony, Germany) 50°57'30"N 13°56'13"E

Pieter [Pierre] de Hondt (c.1696-1764) (publisher) [bottom, below explanatory text, letterpress:] A LA HAYE Chez PIERRE DE HONDT, 1758.

LWF von Oebschelwitz (active 1756-66) (draughtsman) [bottom right, outside neatline:] L. W. F. Von Oebschelwitz delin.

Jakob van der Schley (1715-79) (engraver) [bottom left, outside neatline:] J. V. Schley direx.

Subject(s)

Watermark: Fleur-de-lys in crowned shield, the letters VD L below; countermark: I VILLEDARY

Condition: one fold line. Verso: surface dirt; bottom, right of centre, water-stained patch and shadow from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label

Scale: 1:25,700 approx. Scale bar: Echelle de cinq mille pas, ou / demi lieuē d'Allemagne [158 mm =].

23.7 x 31.7 cm (neatline of map)

24.3 x 32.0 cm (image of map)

25.2 x 33.2 cm (platemark)

34.5 x 35.2 cm (image)

42.9 x 53.5 cm (sheet)

Printed title:

BLOCUS DE L’ARMÉE SAXONNE DANS SON CAMP DE PIRNA, / Continué jus’quà reddition pendant sept semaines, par le ROI DE PRUSSE, en 1756. [across top of map, outside neatline, letterpress text]

Additional text:

[below map, letterpress text, a key to the positions and movements of the troops and the symbols used to distinguish them: I-V, A-I, K, 1-10.]

Annotations:

George III heading: Pirna 15 Oct.^r 1756.

Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [top right, red pencil: indistinct:] 16 [?Oct^er].

George III catalogue entry:

Pirna Plan du Blocus de l’Armée Saxonne dans son Camp de Pirna continué jusq’a reddition par le Roi de Prusse, le 15 Oct.^re 1756: par de Oebschelwitz, chez P. de Hondt, 1758.