War of the Austrian Succession (1740-8)
Includes much of the mapping collected by William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, as Captain General of the British army
Antwerp, 1746
ATTAQUES / DE LA CITADELLE D’ANVERS / en May 1746
1746 or laterEtching and engraving; printed on paper; hand-coloured | Scale: 1:7,500 approx. | RCIN 730041
Antwerp was taken by Marshal Saxe in May 1746. The first parallel was dug on 21 May and the city surrendered on 31 May 1746. This plan shows the saps and the lines of fire from the besieging army into the citadel.
Condition: no fold lines; trimmed; brown stains. Verso: bottom right, water-stained patch and shadow from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label.
George Louis le Rouge (1707-93/4) (cartographer) [top right, below title:] Á PARIS Chez le S.r le Rouge rue des Augustins.
Watermark: Cropped: [?ANN??NAY / 1742]
Condition: no fold lines; trimmed; brown stains. Verso: bottom right, water-stained patch and shadow from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label
Scale: 1:7,500 approx. Scale bar: [39 mm =] 150 Toises.
30.6 x 22.3 cm (image)
32.1 x 23.7 cm (platemark)
30.2 x 21.9 cm (neatline)
35.3 x 25.1 cm (sheet)
Printed title:
ATTAQUES / DE LA CITADELLE D’ANVERS / en May 1746. [top right, inside neatline]
Annotations:
George III heading: Antwerp May 1746.
Other annotations: (Recto) [top right, black pencil:] 10 [or possibly ‘70’]. (Verso) [bottom right, cropped, black pencil and ink?:] 45; [centre, red pencil:] 45.
George III catalogue entry:
Antwerp Plan des Attaques de la Citadelle d’Anvers en May 1746, chez le Rouge.
Subject(s)
Antwerp (Flanders, Belgium) 51°13'11"N 04°25'12"E
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