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 Cuneo, 1744
PLAN / Representant la Victoire remportée par les / Trouppes du ROY et de DON PHILIPPE / Sur L'Armée / DU ROY DE SARDAIGNE /Pendant le Bombardement /ou Siege DE CONI en Piedmont
published 1744Etching and engraving; printed on paper; hand-coloured | Scale: 1:19,500 approx. | RCIN 729045
This map shows the fortress of Cuneo (Coni), the key point for the defence of Piedmont, sited on a bluff of land wedged between the Stura and Gesso Rivers and overlooking their confluence. The camps of the different armies, siege works (coloured in yellow), and lines of fire are all shown. The battle, fought on 30 September, was won by the French and Spanish, but Sardinian tactics, combined with appalling weather conditions, ensured that the siege was a failure and the fortress survived. (Browning 1995, pp.187-9.)
Condition: one fold line; diagonal crease, top left; pronounced surface dirt to right edge. Verso: surface dirt, particularly to left edge; brown stains.
George Louis le Rouge (1707-93/4) (cartographer and publisher) [top right, below title, in title panel:] A PARIS / Par et Chez le S.r le Rouge Ing.r Geographe du / Roy rue des grands Augustins, / 1744.
Watermark: A chaplet with letters within
Condition: one fold line; diagonal crease, top left; pronounced surface dirt to right edge. Verso: surface dirt, particularly to left edge; brown stains
Scale: 1:19,500 approx. Scale bar: Echelle de 800 Toises [80 mm =].
30.9 x 46.6 cm (image)
32.7 x 48.3 cm (platemark)
30.6 x 46.4 cm (neatline)
34.3 x 52.9 cm (sheet)
Printed title:
PLAN / Representant la Victoire remportée par les / Trouppes du ROY et de DON PHILIPPE / Sur L'Armée / DU ROY DE SARDAIGNE / Pendant le Bombardement / ou Siege DE CONI en Piedmont. [top right, in rectangular panel]
Annotations:
George III heading: Battle of Coni 30 Sept.r 1744.
Other annotations: (Recto) [top right, black pencil:] 16; [top left, black pencil:] [?]/7. (Verso) [bottom left, black pencil, in Schultz's or Mason's hand:] 51; [bottom right, black pencil:] 1744; [left of centre, red pencil:] 51.
George III catalogue entry:
Coni Plan representant la Victoire remportée par les trouppes du Roy et de Don Philippe sur l'Armée du Roy de Sardaigne, le 30 Septembre 1744, pendant le Siege de Coni: par le Rouge 1744.
Subject(s)
Cuneo, Piedmont, Italy (44°23'50"N 07°32'40"E)
Bibliographic reference(s)
R. Browning, The War of the Austrian Succession, Stroud, 1995
Page revisions
14 March 2024
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