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
Siege of Bergen op Zoom, 1747
PLAN DES / ATTAQUES / DE BERG-OP-ZOOM / EN 1747
c.1759Etching and engraving; printed on paper; hand-coloured | Scale: 1:11,500 approx. | RCIN 729001.w
Insets: [top left, the attack on the Pucelle and Coehorn bastions.] Scale: 1:2,850 approx. Scale bar: 50 Toises [35 mm =]. [Bottom left, the attack on Fort Rowerf.] Scale: 1:22,950 approx. Scale bar: [17 mm =] 200 T[oises]; [right, a smaller-scale map of the environs of Bergen op Zoom.] Scale: 1:70,900 approx. Scale bar: 2000 Toises [55 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)
Weis (active 1759) (engraver) [bottom right, below edge of border:] Weis Arg. sc.
? P de Lormel (active 1759-93) (publisher)
Watermark: The sun's face with ten rays
Condition: flat, no fold lines
Scale: 1:11,500 approx. Scale bar: 200 Toises [34 mm =].
21.7 x 30.2 cm (image)
22.5 x 31.2 cm (platemark)
21.2 x 30.2 cm (neatline)
24.5 x 39.8 cm (sheet)
Printed title:
PLAN DES / ATTAQUES / DE BERG-OP-ZOOM / EN 1747. [bottom right, in a cartouche depicting the breached walls of Bergen op Zoom, with two figures, a soldier assaulting a maiden in an allegorical representation of the attack on the town]
Printed title:
Pl.22. [top right, above edge of border]
Insets:
[top left, the attack on the Pucelle and Coehorn bastions.] Scale: 1:2,850 approx. Scale bar: 50 Toises [35 mm =]. [Bottom left, the attack on Fort Rowerf.] Scale: 1:22,950 approx. Scale bar: [17 mm =] 200 T[oises]; [right, a smaller-scale map of the environs of Bergen op Zoom.] Scale: 1:70,900 approx. Scale bar: 2000 Toises [55 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)
Bergen op Zoom, North Brabant, Netherlands (51°29'42"N 04°17'30"E)
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