War of the Polish Succession (1733-8)
The Rhine and Moselle rivers and parts of Italy
Siege of Pizzighettone, 1733
PLAИ · DE · PIZIGHITON · AVEC · SES · ATTAQVES · / 1734
1733 or laterPencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper; laid down on coarse linen | Scale: 1:9,300 approx. | RCIN 727042
This map shows the alignment of the fortifications, and the disposition of the trenches and parallels and batteries (together with their lines of fire) of the siege works against the fortified town of Pizzighettone on the east bank of the Adda and Gere on the west bank.
Charles Emmanuel supported the French who, in turn, were promoting Stanislas Leszczynski, the father-in-law of Louis XV, as the rightful claimant to the Polish throne. The other claimant was Augustus III of Saxony, who was supported by Austria and Russia.
This appears to be in the same hand as RCINs 727044 and 727045.
Additional text: [down left side of map, in rectangular panel, three keys: (1) a key, A-I, K-T, V-X, to the named bastions, ravelins, gates, etc., of the town. (2) A key, I-VI, to the named bastions, ravelins, gates of Gere. (3) A key, 1-14, to the locations of the batteries, lodgements, breach, etc., of the attacks:] Renvoi.
Condition: one fold line. Verso: brown discolouration.
Anonymous (cartographer)
Watermark: The sun, a face in a double circle surrounded by ten rays; countermark, indistinct: some letters in a rounded cartouche?
Mark, stamped: 238
Condition: one fold line. Verso: brown discolouration.
Scale: 1:9,300 approx. Scale bar: Echelle de 100: Toises [42 mm = 200].
40.7 x 48.1 cm (neatline)
41.9 x 60.8 cm (image)
45.1 x 63.2 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
PLAИ • DE • PIZIGHITON • AVEC • SES • ATTAQVES • / 1734. [top right, in trompe l'oeil scroll or banner]
Additional text:
Renvoi. [down left side of map, in rectangular panel, three keys: (1) a key, A-I, K-T, V-X, to the named bastions, ravelins, gates, etc., of the town. (2) A key, I-VI, to the named bastions, ravelins, gates of Gere. (3) A key, 1-14, to the locations of the batteries, lodgements, breach, etc., of the attacks:]
Annotations:
George III heading: Pizzighitone [on a white paper strip pasted to verso:] 17 Nov.r - 8 Dec.r 1733.
Other inscriptions: (Recto) none. (Verso) [top left, red pencil:] 6/36; [top left, black pencil:] B 16; [top, left of centre, black pencil:] VII/38; [bottom, right of centre, obscured by white paper strip: the old heading?].
George III catalogue entry:
Pizzighitone Plan dessiné de la Ville de Pizighiton assiegée par le Roy de Sardaigne le 17 Novembre et prise le 8 Dec.re 1733.
Subject(s)
Pizzighettone, Lombardy, Italy (45°11ʹ20ʺN 09°47ʹ23ʺE)
