Search "" as a keyword...
Filter suggestionsContinue typing to see suggestions...
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

      PIERRE DU MORTOUS (ACTIVE 1750S)

      Map of the siege of Antwerp, 1746 (Antwerp, Flanders, Belgium) 51°13'11"N 04°25'12"E

      c.1759

      Etching and engraving; printed on paper; hand-coloured | Scale: 1:19,500 approx. | RCIN 729001.m

      A map of the siege of Antwerp in May 1746, showing in yellow the French approach works. War of the Austrian Succession (1740-48). Oriented with north-west to top (compass direction is indicated by the right arm of the boy in in a boat in the title cartouche).

      Inset: [left:] Partie de la Citadelle. Scale: 1:5,633 approx. Scale bar: 200 Toises [71 mm =].

      From: l'Histoire des Conquêtes de LOUIS XV. by Pierre Du Mortous: Paris, de Lormel, 1759. This plate is one of 24 siege plans, stitched together with the general index map (RCIN 729001.a) at the beginning.

      Condition: flat, no fold lines.
      • Pierre du Mortous (active 1750s) (author)

        Jean Lattré (active 1743-93) (engraver) [bottom right, below edge of border:] Lattré Paris. Sculp.

        ? P de Lormel (active 1759-93) (publisher)

        Subject(s)

        Army-France
      • Watermark: The letter H with an S above, above a ‘4’?

        Condition: flat, no fold lines

      • Scale: 1:19,500 approx. Scale bar: 700 T[oises] [70 mm =]

        20.4 x 29.5 cm (neatline)

        21.7 x 30.1 cm (image)

        22.3 x 31.4 cm (platemark)

        24.5 x 39.9 cm (sheet)

      • Printed title:

        PLAN / des / ATTAQUES / D'ANVERS / en 1746. [bottom left, in cartouche designed as a bridge crossing the River Escaut]

        Printed title:

        Pl.12. [top right, above edge of border]

        Inset:

        [left:] Partie de la Citadelle. Scale: 1:5,633 approx. Scale bar: 200 Toises [71 mm =].

        George III catalogue entry:

        Netherlands Theatre de la derniere Guerre de Flandres, contenant une Carte generale et 24 Plans des Villes assiegées pendant les années 1744, 5, 6, 7 et 8. oblong 4.to

      • Subject(s)

        Antwerp, Flanders, Belgium (51°13'11"N 04°25'12"E)

      Page revisions

      • 3 November 2024