Siege of Schweidnitz, 1757

PLAN / du Siège formé par les AUTRICHIENS devant la Ville de SCHWEIDNITZ, en Silesie; en 1757

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

LWF von Oebschelwitz (active 1756-66) (draughtsman) [bottom right, between border and platemark:] L.W.F. de Oebschelwitz, delin.

Jakob van der Schley (1715-79) (engraver) [bottom left, between border and platemark:] J.V. Schley, direx

Watermark: Fleur-de-lys in crowned shield suspending a beehive, the name C & I HONIG below; countermark: the crowned monogram GR

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

Scale: not stated. 1:20,000 approx.

30.3 x 32.9 cm (neatline)

40.1 x 33.2 cm (image)

32.4 x 34.3 cm (platemark)

30.9 x 33.2 cm (image of map)

42.1 x 52.7 cm (sheet)

Printed title:

PLAN / du Siège formé par les AUTRICHIENS devant la Ville de SCHWEIDNITZ, en Silesie; en 1757. [across top of map, outside platemark, letterpress]

Additional text:

[below map, outside platemark, letterpress, a key, A-I, K-T, to the detail on the map.]

Annotations:

George III heading: Schweidnitz 12 Nov. 1757.

Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [top right, black pencil, erased and partly illegible:] nov. 11^th [?].

George III catalogue entry:

Schweidnitz Plan du Siege formé par les Autrichiens devant la Ville de Schweidnitz en Silesie, prise le 12 Nov.^re 1757: par L.W.F. de Oebschelwitz, chez P. de Hondt, 1758.