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
Plan de la Citadelle d’Anvers / avec ses attaques de l’an / 1746. / May
1746 or laterPencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper; laid down on linen | Scale: 1:2,700 approx. | RCIN 730040
Antwerp was taken by Marshal Saxe in May 1746. This large-scale plan shows the saps and the lines of fire from the besieging French army into the citadel. The lines of fire from the field guns are drawn as solid lines, those from the mortars are dashed. The first parallel was dug on 21 May and the city surrendered on 31 May.
Additional text: [across bottom of map, inside neatline, a numerical key, 1-75, to the names of the bastions, ravelins, etc., of the fortifications, gates, quarters, and other places in the city of Antwerp, and the batteries.]
Condition: one fold line; surface dirt on recto. Verso: foxing; bottom, right of centre, water-stained patch and shadow from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label.
Anonymous (cartographer)
Watermark: Lily on crowned shield, an indistinct monogram below; countermark: I VILLEDARY
Mark, stamped: 518
Condition: one fold line; surface dirt on recto. Verso: foxing; bottom, right of centre, water-stained patch and shadow from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label
Scale: 1:2,700 approx. Scale bar: Echelle [73 mm =] 100 toises;
52.2 x 41.1 cm (neatline)
52.7 x 41.5 cm (image)
54.3 x 42.2 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
Plan de la Citadelle d’Anvers / avec ses attaques de l’an / 1746. / May. [bottom left]
Additional text:
[across bottom of map, inside neatline, a numerical key, 1-75, to the names of the bastions, ravelins, etc., of the fortifications, gates, quarters, and other places in the city of Antwerp, and the batteries.]
Annotations:
George III heading: Antwerp May 1746.
Other annotations: (Recto) [top right, black pencil:] 69 [or, ‘C 9’]. (Verso) [turning the map so that the top-bottom dimension is now left-right:] bottom, left of centre, black pencil:] 44; [top, right of centre, ink, crossed out in red pencil and obscured by white paper strip:] Antwerp; [top right, black pencil:] 69; [right centre, red pencil:] 44.
George III catalogue entry:
Antwerp Plan dessiné de la Citadelle d’Anvers avec ses Attaques au mois de Mai 1746.
Subject(s)
Antwerp (Flanders, Belgium) 51°13'11"N 04°25'12"E
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