The Seven Years War (1756-63)
Manuscript and printed maps and views, correspondence and journals from the first global war
St Philips, 1756
PLAN / of St PHILIPS CASTLE / With the Attacks by the French / The Troops Disembark’d April ye 18th / Begun work April ye 26th / Open’d Battery’s May ye 8th / The Fort Capitulated June ye 29th
1756 or laterPencil, pen, black and red ink, grey and blue wash on paper | Scale: 1:5,950 approx. | RCIN 731074
This is very similar in style to RCIN 731073 and may be by the same hand; the form of lettering and arrangement of information are slightly different.
Insets: [top left, in a trompe l'oeil scroll:] PROFIL of FORTS ANSTRUTHER AND ARGILE [top right, in a trompe l'oeil scroll:] PROFIL of QUEENS REDOUDT. [Below plan, in rectangular panel:] Front VIEW of the French Attack of St PHILIPS CASTLE with the State of its Ruins Taken from the Capitol of the WEST LUNETTE and KANE.
Additional text: [bottom right of plan, in a rectangular panel, an alphabetical key:] REFERENCES to the PLAN. [To each side of the view, an alphabetical key:] REFERENCES / to the / VIEW.
Condition: one fold line; 2.5 cm tear to bottom of fold; induced discolouration on verso.
Anonymous (cartographer)
Watermark: Strasburg bend and lily, the letters L V G below; countermark: IV
Mark, stamped: 788
Condition: one fold line; 2.5 cm tear to bottom of fold; induced discolouration on verso
Scale: 1:5,950 approx. Scale bar: Scale to the PLAN [131 mm =] 400 Toises.
34.5 x 53.3 cm (neatline)
44.4 x 53.4 cm (image)
45.7 x 55.9 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
PLAN / of St PHILIPS CASTLE / With the Attacks by the French / The Troops Disembark’d April ye 18th / Begun work April ye 26th / Open’d Battery’s May ye 8th / The Fort Capitulated June ye 29th. [top right, in rococo cartouche]
Insets:
[top left, in a trompe l'oeil scroll:] PROFIL of FORTS ANSTRUTHER AND ARGILE [top right, in a trompe l'oeil scroll:] PROFIL of QUEENS REDOUDT. [Below plan, in rectangular panel:] Front VIEW of the French Attack of St PHILIPS CASTLE with the State of its Ruins Taken from the Capitol of the WEST LUNETTE and KANE.
Additional text:
[bottom right of plan, in a rectangular panel, an alphabetical key:] REFERENCES to the PLAN. [To each side of the view, an alphabetical key:] REFERENCES / to the / VIEW.
Annotations:
George III heading: S.t Philips 8 May - 29 June 1756.
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [right, red pencil:] Dup.
George III catalogue entry:
Philips, St Another copy of D.o [i.e. another copy of RCIN 731073.]
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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