The Seven Years War (1756-63)
Manuscript and printed maps and views, correspondence and journals from the first global war
St Philips, 1756
ATTACKS of S:t PHILIPS CASTLE / 1756
c.1756Pencil, pen, black and red ink and watercolour on paper | Scale: 1:4,700 approx. | RCIN 731072.a
An entry for a ‘drawn plan’ of ‘St Philips Castle with the attacks 1756; J: Archer’, appears under the heading ‘Sieges’, Portfolio D, in Robert Napier’s Catalogue (Vol.6/10). The entry is annotated in ink, in what appears to be a contemporary hand: ‘missing’. The accompanying manuscript journal is at RCIN 731072.b.
Additional text: [below title, an alpha-numerical key to the bastions, counterguard, inward ravelin, ravelin, outer ravelin and lunette and other features, and a key to the symbols.]
Condition: one fold line; induced discolouration on both sides.
John Archer (d. 1799) (surveyor and draughtsman) [top left, inside neatline:] Plan taken at the Seige by I. Archer, Eng,r
Watermark: I H S [with cross] above I VILLEDARY
Mark, stamped: 785
Condition: one fold line; induced discolouration on both sides
Scale: 1:4,700 approx. Scale bar: [78 mm =] 1200 Foot.
33.7 x 51.2 cm (neatline)
34.1 x 51.7 cm (image)
38.1 x 55.4 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
ATTACKS of S:t PHILIPS CASTLE / 1756. [top centre, inside neatline]
Additional text:
[below title, an alpha-numerical key to the bastions, counterguard, inward ravelin, ravelin, outer ravelin and lunette and other features, and a key to the symbols.]
Annotations:
George III heading: S.t Philips 8 May - 29 June 1756.
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [top, left of centre, black pencil, in Mason's hand:] VIII/27; [bottom right, black pencil:] 5; [bottom, right of centre, black pencil:] XVI/[26-3b?].
George III catalogue entry:
Philips, S.t A drawn Plan of the Attacks of S.t Philip’s Castle in the Island of Minorca, 1756. by John Archer Eng.r with a MS. Journal of the Siege by D.o.
Subject(s)
Sant-Felip, Port Mahon, Minorca, Balearic Islands (39°52'01"N 04°18'13"E)
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14 March 2024
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