Maps, prints and letterpress text covering the major battles and sieges of the war
Map of Fort Mardyck, 1646 (Fort Mardyck, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France) 51°01ʹ44ʺN 02°18ʹ26ʺE
c.1646Engraving and etching; printed on paper; mounted on paper (mount mostly removed; Type B) | Scale: 1:5,000 approx. | RCIN 723071
A high oblique view and map of Fort Mardyck, besieged from 4 to 25 August 1646 by the French commanded by Gaston, duc d’Orléans (25 April 1608-2 February 1660) and Louis II de Bourbon-Condé (duc d’Enghien; 8 September 1621-11 December 1686) and showing the Dutch fleet off the coast commanded by Admiral Maarten Tromp (23 April 1598-10 August 1653). Thirty Years War (1618-1648). Oriented with south-east to top.
Published in 1649 in Blaeu’s Tonneel Der Steden Van ‘s Konings Nederlanden.
Sébastien Pontault de Beaulieu (c. 1612-74) (cartographer) [top left, below title, in title cartouche:] Par le S.r de Beaulieu Ingenieur / et Geographe ordre du Roÿ.
? Joannes Blaeu (1596-1673) (publisher)
Subject(s)
Navy-FranceWatermark: Shield with three diagonal lines running from top right to bottom left, separating the letters I and B
Condition: one fold line; heavy brown discolouration; some pressure marks. Verso: remains of Mount Type B
Scale: 1:5,000 approx. Scale bar: Eschelle de deux cent Thoises [78 mm =].
42.1 x 52.3 cm (image and neatline)
42.4 x 52.6 cm (platemark)
42.5 x 52.7 cm (sheet)
Printed title:
PLAN DV / FORT MARDICK / Et de ses attacques, en l’an 1646. / Par . S.A.R. MONS.R LE DVC D’ORLEANS / Generalissime des Armees de sa / Maiesté tres Chrestienne. [top left, in draped, fringed cloth held aloft at each top corner by an eagle and decorated with the accoutrements of war]
Annotations:
George III heading: Mardick 1646.
Other annotations: none.
George III catalogue entry:
Mardick Plan du Fort Mardick et de ses Attaques en 1646 par le Duc d’Orleans: par le S.r de Beaulieu Ing.r
Subject(s)
Fort Mardyck, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France (51°01ʹ44ʺN 02°18ʹ26ʺE)
Bibliographic reference(s)
M. McDonald, The Print Collection of Cassiano dal Pozzo. Part II, Architecture, Topography and Military Maps, 3 vols, London 2019, cat. no. 3195
Page revisions
23 May 2024
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