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 Tournai, 1745
PLAN DES ATTAQUES DE LA VILLE / ET CITADELLE DE TOURNAY
1745 or laterEngraving; printed on paper; hand-coloured | Scale: 1:9,600 approx. | RCIN 729080
A detailed engraving of Vauban's fortifications on the west side of Tournai, showing the trenches and parallels extending from Froienne (Froyennes 50°37'18"N 03°21'16"E) and Orcq (50°36'11"N 03°20'57"E) to the hornworks of the fortified walls. Greater detail is given in the insets. The siege of Tournai was the prelude to the Battle of Fontenoy on 11 May.
Inset: [top left, larger-scale plan:] RENVOI DES ATTAQUES / DE LA VILLE [top right, a larger-scale plan:] RENVOI DES ATTAQUES / DE LA CITADELLE.
Additional text: [top, below title, in rectangular panels, keys to the locations and calibres of the cannon:] Renvoi des Batteries de la Ville [and] Renvoi des Batteries de la Citadelle [below keys:] Remarques [and] Nota.
Condition: one fold line; a small hole, bottom left, outside left border; induced discolouration recto and verso. Verso: brown stains; bottom, right of centre: water-stained patch, shadow and ghosting from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label.
André Joseph Panckoucke (1703-53) (publisher)
Giles Robert de Vaugondy (1688-1766) (publisher) [bottom right:] SE VEND / A Lille chés A.J. Panckoucke Libraire / proche l'hôtel de Ville. / et A Paris Chés le S.r Robert Geog. ord. / du Roi, Quai de l'horloge du Palais.
Watermark: Cross with indistinct device to each side, a bleeding heart below, all within a circle, the word AUVERGNE in a separate cartouche below; countermark: [in a rounded end rectangular cartouche]: A [followed by a heart with a crown above] VIMAL FIN [the ‘N’ is written in reverse]
Condition: one fold line; a small hole, bottom left, outside left border; induced discolouration recto and verso. Verso: brown stains; bottom, right of centre: water-stained patch, shadow and ghosting from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label
Scale: 1:9,600 approx. Scale bar: Echelle [61 mm =] 300 tois.
40.0 x 53.4 cm (image and neatline)
46.0 x 66.4 cm (sheet)
Printed title:
PLAN DES ATTAQUES DE LA VILLE / ET CITADELLE DE TOURNAY [top, left of centre in rectangular panel]
Additional text:
Renvoi des Batteries de la Ville [and] Renvoi des Batteries de la Citadelle [top, below title, in rectangular panels, keys to the locations and calibres of the cannon]; Remarques [and] Nota. [below keys]
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 or Mason's hand?]:] 22; [top right, black pencil, erased and illegible:] [1745?]; [top right, black pencil, erased and partly illegible, [in Schultz's or Mason's hand?:] 41.?; [top, right of centre, black pencil, erased and illegible]; [right centre, red pencil:] 22.
Inset:
[top left, larger-scale plan:] RENVOI DES ATTAQUES / DE LA VILLE [top right, a larger-scale plan:] RENVOI DES ATTAQUES / DE LA CITADELLE.
George III catalogue entry:
Tournay Plan des Attques de la Ville et Citadelle de Tournay aux mois de May et Juin 1745: chez Panckoucke et Robert, 1745.
Subject(s)
Tournai, Walloon Region, Belgium (50°36'25"N 03°23'21"E)
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