Plan of the siege of La Motte, 1634 (La Mothe-en-Bassigny [La Motte], Haute-Marne, France) 48°12ʹ41ʺN 05°41ʹ08ʺE

Anonymous (printmaker)

Watermark: Map: three fleur-de-lys in shield, crown above, the letter L below; countermark: IP. Mount: none. 

Mark, stamped: 4

Condition: one fold line. Verso: remains of guard. Mount not dal Pozzo type. There are different pressure marks on each half of the verso from when the item was in a volume and lay between ff.25 and 27 of that volume

Scale: Scale bar: [no units of measurement given; 61 mm =] 50. Based on a unit of toises the scale calculates at 1:2,000 approx.

43.8 x 58.7 cm (neatline)

44.9 x 59.8 cm (image)

45.2 x 60.2 cm (sheet)

49.5 x 68.8 cm (mount)

Printed title:

PLAN de la Ville de la MOTHE auec Son Siege Par Monsieur le / Mareschal de la Force [top centre]

Additional text:

[top centre, below title, a key, A-I, L-P, to locations on the map.] 

Annotations:

George III heading: La Mothe 1634.

Other annotations: (Recto) [top left, black pencil, crossed out in red pencil:] 1645. (Verso) [top right, ink, obscured by paper mount:] La Mothe; [top right, ink:] 26 [and, black pencil, written twice, both crossed out in red pencil:] 1645 [and, red pencil:] 1634; [bottom, right of centre, red pencil:] 2/9 [and, black pencil:] II/[?].

George III catalogue entry:

Mothe, La Plan dessiné de la Ville de la Mothe avec son Siege par M. le Mareschal de la Force, 1634.