Watermark: Fleur-de-lys; countermark: IV

Condition: one fold line; trimmed. Verso: bottom, right of centre, water-stained patch and shadow [cropped] from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label

Scale: not stated. 1:8,700 approx.

24.5 x 37.3 cm (neatline)

24.8 x 37.6 cm (image)

27.5 x 38.3 cm (bottom mark cropped)

28.8 x 41.6 cm (sheet)

Printed title:

PLAN / Des Isles de S.^te Marguerite & de S.^t Honore / ou l'on trouve celui de la décente Bombardement / & attaque que les troupes de l'Impératrice & / du Roi de Sardagne commencérent le 14 Dec. / 1746, & obligérent la Garnison á capitu= / = ler le 16. [bottom right, in rectangular panel]

Additional text:

[bottom right, below title, in title panel, a key, A-H, to the English ships, the allied cannon, where the troops were embarked, position of the troops, etc.] 

Annotations:

George III heading: Isles of S.^te Marguerite and S.^t Honorat 14 -16 Dec.^r 1746.

Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [right centre, red pencil:] 57.

George III catalogue entry:

Marguerite, S.^te Plan des Isles de S.^te Marguerite et de S.^t Honorat attaquées par les Troupes Imperiales et Sardinoises le 14 et prises le 16 Dec.^re 1746: chez Ottens. [The same entry appears under the heading Honorat, S.t]

From the collection of military and naval maps and prints formed by Prince William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland (1721-65), third son of George II; subsequently acquired by George III (1738-1820)