War of the Austrian Succession (1740-8)
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Siege of Bergen op Zoom, 1747
A Plan of the attack of Bergen op Zoom August the 28th N.S. 1747
c.1747Pencil, pen and ink on paper; pricking through | Scale: not stated. 1:2,000 approx. | RCIN 730151.m
An unfinished outline drawing of the main front of the French attack as of 28 August 1747, and lacking an explanation of the the letters A-C which appear to mark the breaches. The plan extends from the Runigon Lunette in the south-east to the Antwerp Ravelin towards the south-west.
The town of Bergen op Zoom, fortified by Baron Menno van Coehoorn (1641-1704; Dutch military engineer) and garrisoned under the command of General Isaac Cronström (1661-1752; a Swedish officer serving as General in Chief of the Dutch army), was besieged by the French army under the command of General Count Ulrich Löwendahl (1700-55; a German-born Danish officer serving in the French army), from 14 July to 18 September, when the fortified town was taken by the French.
Additional text: [bottom centre, a key, 1-10, to the names of the bastions, ravelins and lunettes.]
Condition: six fold lines. Verso: ink dots where ink has seeped through the pricking holes.
One of a collection of 24 plans and sketches of the fortifications of Bergen op Zoom, showing various stages of the siege of 1747, by James Abercrombie, Charles Bisset, Dugal Campbell, and J.P. Isenbart and other anonymous draughtsmen. See RCINs 730151.a-x (j and v not included).
Anonymous (cartographer)
Watermark: VRYHEYT, Dutch lion holding hat on staff and four darts within a crowned circle inscribed Pro Patria Eiusque Libertate; countermark: PS
Mark, stamped: 655
Condition: six fold lines. Verso: ink dots where ink has seeped through the pricking holes
Scale: not stated. 1:2,000 approx.
20.1 x 32.5 cm (neatline)
28.7 x 32.5 cm (image)
29.9 x 39.4 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
A Plan of the attack of Bergen op Zoom August the 28th N.S. 1747. [top centre, outside neatline]
Additional text:
[bottom centre, a key, 1-10, to the names of the bastions, ravelins and lunettes.]
Annotations:
George III heading: Bergen op Zoom 1747.
Other annotations: (Recto) [top left, black pencil, in Schultz's or Mason's hand, encircled]: 29. (Verso) [top left, black pencil, in Schultz's or Mason's hand]: VII/43; [top left, on top of previous inscription, black pencil:] XIII/60[?].
George III catalogue entry:
Bergen op Zoom A drawn Plan of the attacks of Bergen op Zoom, 28.th Aug.t 1747.
Subject(s)
Bergen op Zoom, North Brabant, Netherlands (51°29'42""N 04°17'30""E (837179)")
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