War of the Polish Succession (1733-8)
The Rhine and Moselle rivers and parts of Italy
Map of Tortona, 1734 (Tortona, Piedmont, Italy) 44°53ʹ52ʺN 08°51ʹ49ʺE
1734 or laterPencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper; laid down on coarse linen | Scale: 1:6,500 approx. | RCIN 727045
This map appears to be in the same hand as RCINs 727042 and 727044.
Additional text: [down left side of map, in rectangular panel, a key, 1-23, to the named bastions, redoubts and other parts of the fortifications; a second key: 1, 2, A, to the batteries and trenches, with a short account of the numbers and their calibre, and the dates in January when some were established, and the date and time of capitulation at 1400 hrs on 5 February:] Renvoi.
Condition: one fold line. Verso: surface dirt; brown discolouration.
Anonymous (cartographer)
Watermark: The sun, a face in a double circle surrounded by several rays; countermark, indistinct: CI?
Mark, stamped: 240
Condition: one fold line. Verso: surface dirt; brown discolouration
Scale: 1:6,500 approx. Scale bar: Toises de france n.o 200 [60 mm =].
40.7 x 43.3 cm (neatline)
41.7 x 60.6 cm (image)
45.7 x 64.5 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
PLAИ DE LA VILLE E CHATEAV DE TORTONE E SES ATAQVES [top centre, in banner cartouche]
Additional text:
Renvoi. [down left side of map, in rectangular panel, a key, 1-23, to the named bastions, redoubts and other parts of the fortifications; a second key: 1, 2, A, to the batteries and trenches, with a short account of the numbers and their calibre, and the dates in January when some were established, and the date and time of capitulation at 1400 hrs on 5 February:]
Annotations:
George III heading: Tortona taken by the Allies 5 Feb.y 1734 [on a white paper strip pasted to verso:].
Other annotations: (Recto) [top right, black pencil, erased and illegible:] [...25?] 1734. (Verso) [top left, black pencil:] I [or J] -4; [top right, black pencil, in same hand as ‘J-4’:] 1734; [bottom right, red pencil:] 6/41; [bottom right, underneath paper strip, black pencil:] C[?]R.
George III catalogue entry:
Tortona Plan dessiné de la Ville et Chateau de Tortone et ses Attaques, prise par les Alliés le 5 Fevrier 1734.
Subject(s)
Tortona, Piedmont, Italy (44°53ʹ52ʺN 08°51ʹ49ʺE)
