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
Map of the siege of Tournai, 1745 (Tournai, Walloon Region, Belgium) 50°36'25"N 03°23'21"E
published 1745Etching and engraving; printed on paper; hand-coloured | Scale: 1:9,400 approx. | RCIN 729079
This is a detailed engraving of the town, fortified by Vauban, naming streets and selected buildings, and showing the outskirts and the attack works, batteries, and lines of fire. There is no key to the Roman numerals on the map. The siege of Tournai was the prelude to the Battle of Fontenoy on 11 May.
Additional text: [top left, in rectangular panel, a key, a-i, k-t, v-z, to the religious buildings, markets and shops in the town, and, 1-12, to named bastions, mines and canons:] RENVOY.
Condition: one fold line; creased. Verso: bottom, right of centre, water-stained patch, shadow and ghosting from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label.
George Louis le Rouge (1707-93/4) (cartographer and publisher) [top right, below title, in title panel:] A PARIS / Chez le S.r le ROUGE Ing.r Géographe / du Roy rüe des Augustins. / 1745.
Subject(s)
Army-FranceWatermark: Maltese cross within rosary; countermark: [in a rounded end narrow rectangular cartouche:] I [heart shape with antlers] SAUVADE MOYEN / AUVERGNE 1742
Condition: one fold line; creased. Verso: bottom, right of centre, water-stained patch, shadow and ghosting from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label
Scale: 1:9,400 approx. Scale bar: Echelle de 300 Toises [62 mm =].
47.9 x 56.6 cm (neatline)
48.4 x 57.0 cm (image)
49.9 x 58.7 cm (platemark)
54.0 x 72.2 cm (sheet)
Printed title:
PLAN / DE TOURNAY / Ville Episcopale située sur l'Escaut [top right, in rectangular panel]
Additional text:
RENVOY. [top left, in rectangular panel, a key, a-i, k-t, v-z, to the religious buildings, markets and shops in the town, and, 1-12, to named bastions, mines and canons]
Annotations:
George III heading: Tournay 1 May -19 June 1745.
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [bottom, left of centre, black pencil, in Schultz's or Mason's hand?:] 21; [top right, black pencil, in Schultz's or Mason's hand?:] 45.; [right centre, red pencil:] 21.
George III catalogue entry:
Tournay Plan de la Ville et Citadelle de Tournay assiegées par les Francois le 1 et 30 May et prises le 22 May et 19 Juin 1745: chez le Rouge, 1745.
Subject(s)
Tournai, Walloon Region, Belgium (50°36'25"N 03°23'21"E)
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