War of the Polish Succession (1733-8)
The Rhine and Moselle rivers and parts of Italy
Siege of Danzig, 1734
PLAN VAN DE STADT DANTZIG EN VAN HET HUIS OF DE SCHANS VAN WEISSELMUNDE NEVENS DE OMLEGGENDE LANDSTREKEN / Als mede eene Naaukeurige afbeelding van de BELEGERING deser stadt en Schans door de SAXEN en RUSSEN en van de door...
1734 or laterEtching and engraving; printed on paper | Scale: 1:22,800 approx. | RCIN 727058
This map shows the positions of the Russian-Saxon army and gives regimental names to some of the encamped troops.
Additional text: [top left, in a cartouche representing a drape which is being pulled aside by three putti, one of which is wearing a plumed helmet and shield and carries a trumpet, a key, 1-65, to named bastions, gates, churches and topographical landmarks:] VERKLAARUNG. [Top right, the same key in German.]
Condition: one fold line; small tear to bottom of fold. Verso: bottom centre, water-stained patch, shadow and ghosting from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label; offsetting of same image; surface dirt along left edge; some offsetting perhaps from another copy of the same map, from having been left in a pile soon after printing.
Anonymous military engineer (draughtsman)
Schenk: Warmoesstraat, Amsterdam (Peter Schenk the Younger (1693-1775)) (publisher) [top, following on from Dutch title:] Getekent door een voornaam Ingenieur, Uytgegeven door PETRUS SCHENK voor aan in de Warmoesstraat tot Amsterdam.
Watermark: None visible
Condition: one fold line; small tear to bottom of fold. Verso: bottom centre, water-stained patch, shadow and ghosting from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label; offsetting of same image; surface dirt along left edge; some offsetting perhaps from another copy of the same map, from having been left in a pile soon after printing.
Scale: 1:22,800 approx. Scale bars: Rheinlandse Ruthen [33 mm = ] 200; Dantziger Ruthen [38 mm = ] 200; 28 Ordinaire Schritt auf 5 Ruthen Gerechnet.
46.2 x 57.2 cm (neatline)
49.0 x 57.7 cm (image)
49.6 x 58.3 cm (platemark)
54.2 x 63.2 cm (sheet)
Printed title:
PLAN VAN DE STADT DANTZIG EN VAN HET HUIS OF DE SCHANS VAN WEISSELMUNDE NEVENS DE OMLEGGENDE LANDSTREKEN / Als mede eene Naaukeurige afbeelding van de BELEGERING deser stadt en Schans door de SAXEN en RUSSEN en van de door hen gemaakte WERKEN, / Onder de Belegering. [top, above map in rectangular panel; in Dutch]
Printed title:
PLAN / DER STADT DANTZIG UND DER WEICHSELMUNDE / NEBST DER HERUMLIEGENDEN SITUATION / UND SACHSEN UND RUSSEN GEMACHTEN WERCKEN. [top right, in trompe l'oeil torn scroll, in German]
Additional text:
VERKLAARUNG. [top left, in a cartouche representing a drape which is being pulled aside by three putti, one of which is wearing a plumed helmet and shield and carries a trumpet, a key, 1-65, to named bastions, gates, churches and topographical landmarks:] [Top right, the same key in German.]
Annotations:
George III heading: Dantzick 1734.
Other annotations: (Recto) [right, black pencil: a pencilled cross in the margin]; [top right, black pencil, erased:] 15 [?] 1734. (Verso) [top right, black pencil:] 1734; [top right, black pencil:] 1 [or small s]; [bottom right, black pencil:] 8; [bottom, along bottom right edge a cropped black pencil note, illegible]; [bottom centre, black pencil:] 20; [right, above old heading, black pencil, erased:] [?] 1773.
George III catalogue entry:
Dantzick Plan der Stadt Dantzig und der Weichselmunde, nebst der herumliegenden situation und Sachsen und Russen gemachten Wercken, 1734; von P. Schenk.
Subject(s)
Gdańsk, Pomeranian Voivodship, Poland (54°21ʹ07ʺN 18°38ʹ46ʺE)
