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 Mons, 1746
DESSEIN DES ATTAQUES / DE LA VILLE DE MONS
1746 or laterEtching and engraving; printed on paper | Scale: not stated. 1:10,400 approx. | RCIN 730051
Additional text: [bottom right, below title in title cartouche, a key, A-I, to the French batteries, mortars, etc.]
Condition: no fold lines; considerably trimmed. Verso: brown discolouration; top left, water-stained patch from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label; small portion of cipher label remaining [the rest is cropped].
Johannes Covens (1697-1774) and Cornelis Mortier (1699-1783) (publisher) [bottom right, below title, in cartouche:] A AMSTERDAM / Chez COVENS et MORTIER.
Watermark: None visible
Condition: no fold lines; considerably trimmed. Verso: brown discolouration; top left, water-stained patch from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label; small portion of cipher label remaining [the rest is cropped]
Scale: not stated. 1:10,400 approx.
18.5 x 29.3 cm (neatline)
19.0 x 29.7 cm (image)
20.8 x 31.0 cm (platemark)
24.8 x 35.1 cm (sheet)
Printed title:
DESSEIN DES ATTAQUES / DE LA VILLE DE MONS [bottom right, in cartouche]
Additional text:
[bottom right, below title in title cartouche, a key, A-I, to the French batteries, mortars, etc.]
Annotations:
George III heading: Mons 19 June - 10 July 1746.
Other annotations: (Recto) [top left, black pencil, in Schultz's or Mason's hand?:] 72. (Verso) [bottom left, black pencil:] 4; [bottom left, ink, over black pencil ‘4’:] ½B; [bottom right, black pencil:] 4; [centre, red pencil:] 47.
George III catalogue entry:
Mons Plan des Attaques de la Ville de Mons au mois de Juin 1746: chez Covens et Mortier.
Subject(s)
Mons (Walloon Region, Belgium) 50°27'14"N 03°57'08"E
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