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The Seven Years War (1756-63)

Manuscript and printed maps and views, correspondence and journals from the first global war

GEORGE LOUIS LE ROUGE (1707-93/4)

Plan of St Philips, 1756 (Sant-Felip, Port Mahon, Minorca, Balearic Islands) 39°52'01"N 04°18'13"E

published 13 August 1756

Etching and engraving; printed on paper; hand-coloured | Scale: 1:2,950 approx. | RCIN 731075

A plan of the French siege of Fort St Philips, Minorca, 8 May-29 June 1756. Seven Years War (1756-63). Oriented with south-east to top (compass rose).

The detail of this plan, which was apparently surveyed after the French had taken the Fort, is very similar to that of RCINs 731073 and 731074.

Insets: [top left:] PROFIL DES FORTS ANSTRUTHER ET D’ARGILE / pris sur les Capitales [bottom left:] PROFIL / Du Fort de la Reine / sur la Capitale. Scale: 1:112 approx. Scale bar: 8 Toises [139 mm =].

Additional text: [top right, below imprint, a note by the Publisher:] Je crois ce Plan cy très fidel et au des- /sus de ce qui a paru jusqu’a présent sur / ce Fort. [Bottom right, below title-panel, a key, A-I, L, M, to the plan.]

Condition: one fold line; induced discolouration on verso.
  • George Louis le Rouge (1707-93/4) (publisher) [top right, following main title:] A PARIS / Chez le Sr. le Rouge Ingenieur Geographe / rue des Grands Augustins ... Prix 48.s Lavé, 24s en blanc. / Publié le 13 Aoust 1756 / A.P.D.R.

    Baudouin (active 1756) (draughtsman) [bottom left, ink, below edge of border:] Par Mr. Baudouin Ing. Géographe, Mathem. Alchemiste, Chimiste, Astronome, Musicien, Pyrotechnien.

    Subject(s)

    Army-France
    Army-GB
  • Watermark: Indistinct: three words or names one above the other, each within an oval-ended rectangular panel

    Condition: one fold line; induced discolouration on verso

  • Scale: 1:2,950 approx. Scale bar: 300 Toises [198 mm =].

    30.0 x 46.7 cm (neatline)

    30.4 x 47.0 cm (image)

    31.9 x 48.6 cm (platemark)

    32.5 x 49.5 cm (sheet)

  • Printed title:

    PLAN / DU FORT PHILIPPE / Avec les Attaques / Levé par les Ingenieurs / depuis le Siege ... Assiegé le 19 May 1756 et rendu le 28 / au 29 Juin. [right, in rectangular panel]

    Insets:

    [top left:] PROFIL DES FORTS ANSTRUTHER ET D’ARGILE / pris sur les Capitales [bottom left:] PROFIL / Du Fort de la Reine / sur la Capitale. Scale: 1:112 approx. Scale bar: 8 Toises [139 mm =].

    Additional text:

    [top right, below imprint, a note by the Publisher:] Je crois ce Plan cy très fidel et au des- /sus de ce qui a paru jusqu’a présent sur / ce Fort. [Bottom right, below title-panel, a key, A-I, L, M, to the plan.]

    Annotations:

    George III heading: S.Philips 8 May - 29 June 1756.

    Other annotations: (Recto) [bottom left, brown ink:] Par Mr. Baudouin Ing. Géographe, Mathem. Alchimiste, Chimiste, Astronome, Musicien, Pyrotechnien. (Verso) [bottom right, red pencil, and black pencil, trimmed and illegible.]

    George III catalogue entry:

    Philips, S.t Plan du Fort Philippe assiegé par les François le 19 Mai et rendu le 29 Juin 1796: par M. Baudouin Ing.r chez le Rouge.

  • Subject(s)

    Sant-Felip, Port Mahon, Minorca, Balearic Islands (39°52'01"N 04°18'13"E)

Page revisions

  • 3 November 2024